return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoDemocrats who attack the rich do better in elections. The party should take noticewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1977arrow-down119
arrow-up1958arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats who attack the rich do better in elections. The party should take noticewww.theguardian.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoAlmost all of the head to head polls Had Bernie doing better than Hillary He also won the Wisconsin primary and the Michigan primary in spite of the DNC leadership and propaganda machine being firmly behind Hillary from the beginning. Hillary lost those states, ultimately costing her the election, and there’s no indication that Bernie would have lost any of the states she won.
minus-squareJessica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-29 months agoI’m pretty sure Bernie won a lot of primaries. He got 72% of the vote in Washington: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/washington Edit: Yeah he won quite a few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·9 months agoYup, he did, and he would have won the general.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·9 months agoThey singled out those two states because they were ones Hillary lost in the general
Almost all of the head to head polls Had Bernie doing better than Hillary
He also won the Wisconsin primary and the Michigan primary in spite of the DNC leadership and propaganda machine being firmly behind Hillary from the beginning.
Hillary lost those states, ultimately costing her the election, and there’s no indication that Bernie would have lost any of the states she won.
I’m pretty sure Bernie won a lot of primaries. He got 72% of the vote in Washington: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/washington
Edit: Yeah he won quite a few: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries
Yup, he did, and he would have won the general.
They singled out those two states because they were ones Hillary lost in the general