Eight years ago, the Democrats should have embraced their base and embraced Bernie Sanders rather than trying to court neoliberals.
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    They would have been coming from:

    1. People who sat out the primaries because they were so disgusted with both parties failing to represent their interests
    2. People who voted Trump in the primary as a “burn it all down” protest vote
    3. Liberals, who would surely “vote blue no matter who” because they aren’t hypocrites, right?