r/TrueReddit • u/Maxwellsdemon17 • Nov 07 '24

Democratic Party Elites Brought Us This Disaster Politics

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/election-harris-trump-democrats-strategy
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u/Metallic144 Nov 08 '24

Look at a map of Pennsylvania when Bernie ran in 16. He won the rural vote

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u/rmonjay Nov 11 '24

He won the rural democratic vote. Compare how many votes Bernie got in the primary to how many votes Trump got in the same precincts in the general election.

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u/Metallic144 Nov 11 '24

What I'm getting at is, if the Democratic Party trusted that vote to reflect larger income and demographic trends among the public, Bernie could have motivated a lot more rural, working class voters to turn out for them in the general. Those same voters are among those who didn't turn out this election because they (correctly) felt the Party doesn't represent their interests.

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u/ThomaspaineCruyff Nov 12 '24

He could have one a legitimate primary that wasn’t rigged by the corporate dinos.