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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (376833)7/13/2018 11:54:46 AM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (3) of 542233
 
Your conclusion here, that Sanders was more electable in the general, than Clinton, is extremely unlikely. The only element of truth there is that Sanders, best we can tell, had more passionate voters, but definitely not more voters.

Two rather obvious reasons. The first is that the socialist/communist tag would, unfortunately, have been played to a faretheewell. The second is that Bernie had much less support among African American women than Clinton. More than enough to make a large difference.

For what it's worth, the last candidate who could bridge the great divide between the white working class and minority communities in the US was Bobby Kennedy. With his death, the rhetorical gap has grown increasingly larger and more unbridgeable.

There is much to criticize about Clinton's campaign. But it's important to remember that she won the popular vote by a rather large margin. And, had the FBI kept faith with its proper protocol of not talking about investigations, would likely be president.
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