• rumba@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    edit-2
    9 days ago

    Bernie could actually get republican voters

    nah, not buying that one. Never seen ANY inclination for them to call him anything but a dirty socialist.

    People continuingly act like 1/3 of the country just doesn’t vote.

    do you have any data that suggests overwise?

    We saw in 08 with Obama they’ll show up for a Dem running a populist campaign,

    63.6% turnout. Less white votes, more minority votes than 2000 or even 2004

    Neoliberalism isn’t popular enough to win elections

    This we can ardently agree on.

    edit: spaces for formatting

    • work is slow@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      9 days ago

      They call all Democrats dirty socialists already. If you start running somebody with popular policies it’ll be harder to boogie man them away.