Reasons I think Sanders can win, speaking as a neutral observer
submitted 5 years ago * by Flesh from (self.SandersForPresident)
There has been a mismatch for at least 40 years between what America's people want and what its political class are willing to give them. We think of America as being a free-market, right-wing place, but (unsurprisingly) people actually like healthcare, they like pensions, they like benefits. Sanders is a political radical, but voices the concerns of a majority of Americans.
Sanders was the most popular politician in the country, according to a 2017 Harvard-Harris poll.
So he is too extreme, and alienates a lot people? That's absolutely fine, and has no negative impact on electability, and possibly a positive impact. The way the presidential race is run, you're supposed to alienate 30%, or 40%, or maybe even 49% of the people. That's fine. Get enough other people on your side and you win the White House.
As the voting public's media habits go more towards clickbait and vote-based media, divisive/controversial candidates gain an advantage.
I'm not saying he will win (it's way too early to call that), but these factors are in his favour.
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would win but DNC will rig it's primary again
[–]Flesh[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (1 child)
That's another reason that I should have listed: there has been huge DNC reform since 2016, entirely new staff, reform of the superdelegates system. 2020 won't be like 2016
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they just made it so you have to declare yourself a democrat to be in the primary, which bernie did do. superdelegates still get to rig it
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