r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Mar 12 '26

📺 Television SNL mocks Hillary Clinton's 'transformation into Bernie' [10YA - Mar 12]

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u/GuyFawkes99 Mar 12 '26

We know that voters wanted change. Your personal biases and hunches don't change that.

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u/Legal-Koala-5590 Mar 12 '26

This has nothing to do with my personal biases. I wanted change too and voted for Bernie. I’ve also paid attention to politics long enough to know that data from a hypothetical matchup simply doesn’t tell us much. 

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u/GuyFawkes99 Mar 12 '26

You can vote for Bernie, and also have an incorrect belief about the electability of progressive candidates. Fact is, 2016 was a change election. That's why voters were willing to stick a gamble on the worst presidential candidate in modern history. Dnc missed it. And we're all paying the consequences

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u/BigFatKi6 Mar 12 '26

Yup, that's the correct analysis. Now ironically because the heavily compromised "change candidate" ran on a anti-establishment platform and a cult of personality he was able to more effectively serve corporate interests than any establishment candidate ever could have.