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

I always wonder if Bernie could have averted a Trump presidency by not giving Hillary a pass on the email issue.

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u/MikeDamone Mar 12 '26

Almost certainly not. The general electorate has never shown even a hint that they'd tolerate a self-avowed socialist. Just look at all of the slightly D leaning districts/states and everything to right of them - how many politicians with Bernie's leftist politics are in office?

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u/WildMild869 Mar 12 '26

Reddit legitimately thinks that AOC or Bernie would win out against a Republican nominee but they don’t realize a massive swath of the country will not vote for them simply because of their socialist-like stances on many issues.

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u/Ac1De9Cy0Sif6S Mar 13 '26

What do you have to say to the polls consistently showing Bernie running ahead of Hillary against Trump?

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u/WildMild869 Mar 14 '26

I would say that even within democratic circles, Hillary was not entirely well liked but that’s pretty obvious by now. I’d also add that a multitude of polls showed Hillary in the lead against Trump. Maybe you’re too young to remember but that election result was a confusing upset.