(April 11, 2017 at 10:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(April 11, 2017 at 8:54 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Bernie supporters overwhelmingly voted for Clinton. She won the popular vote. She lost because, among other things, she didn't campaign very well in the rust belt, some of which formed part of her "firewall", which collapsed. She was also one of the most unlikable candidates in US history.
Like it or not min, those are the facts, and instead of trying to blame people who are trying to work for a better future, maybe you should join them instead.
Facts? So I suppose these aren't?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prog...5a227cb859
Quote:In the last election many self-identified progressives either stayed home or voted for a third party candidate. In doing so they helped elect Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton lost three states that made the difference in the Electoral College by a total of less than one hundred thousand votes despite winning the popular vote by nearly three million.
In two of those states, Michigan and Wisconsin, the number of votes Stein and the Green Party received were more than Hillary lost those states by. In Pennsylvania Hillary lost by only a few more votes than Stein got. So if you stayed home or voted for Stein, a candidate everyone understood had ZERO chance to win, you helped elect Trump. Nut cases like Susan Sarandon, who notoriously said “Clinton is more dangerous than Trump” must accept their share of responsibility for what is happening now in America to African Americans, Muslims, immigrants, women, children and the LGBT community.
The problem with progressives was that they believed the polls and figured they could tend to their wounded little egos and sit on their asses because Hillary was going to win anyway. Well, they got what they deserve.
What does Jill Stein have to do with this? Bernie didn't support her, Bernie supporters didn't support her.
These are the facts I'm talking about: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-...a9c9b7ef91
I know you love to bash third parties because you think they caused Clinton to lose but it's just not true. The votes were up for grabs, and Clinton wasn't popular enough to make people get out and vote for her. If you want someone to blame, its the Democrats. I, on the other hand, think the time for blaming is over and we should be trying to work together for a better future. That means Clinton supporters can drop the animosity to all things Bernie Sanders, and likewise, Sanders supporters can focus on how to get an electable Democratic candidate for 2020.
