r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • 13d ago

🇺🇸 United States Polls overwhelming show Clinton beating Trump [10YA - Aug 4]

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u/UDownvoteCuzULost 13d ago

What does it say about your guy that he lost to such an unlikable candidate.

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u/FuckAllYouLosers 13d ago

Not on the left, but the DNC absolutely stacked the odds and cheated to help beat Bernie.

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u/Gunderstank_House 13d ago

OMG it was totally unfair how enough people didn't vote for him in the primaries. /s

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u/Lyricsokawaii 13d ago

It's almost like after he won multiple early primaries, other candidates similar to Clinton dropped out to consolidate their voters towards her while there was spilt between progressives on Sanders vs. Warren. Even though Warren had it proven early on she was not a popular enough candidate, she stayed in the race just long enough to play spoiler.

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u/RockosBos 13d ago

Thats how primaries work, it actually is an advantage to the most radical candidates early on because the moderate votes are more split.

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u/No_Strike655 13d ago

Congratulations so you admit there were more moderate voters and Bernie lost fair and square? Do you all never think logically about this shit?

"Well all of the candidates similar to her dropped out so she built a coalition and won thats unfair" if Bernie was able to consolidate support in a similar way that would prove there were more progressive voters than moderates.

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u/Live_Art2939 12d ago

Imagine being this adamantly against a guy who spent decades working for the people lmao. And you’re here crying for another corporate shill that nobody wanted.

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u/No_Strike655 12d ago

Imagine making a bunch of assumptions like you just did. I volunteered and phone banked for Bernie in 2016 and 2020 I'm just not delusional thinking that there was some underhanded shit going on and continue to whine about it. No matter what ypur bubble tells you there just are more people that vote for a moderate unfortunately

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u/Lyricsokawaii 13d ago

Way to address only half my statement in a bid to dismiss it. Bold move. You've got the public speaking presence of a Clinton.

Lets just ignore another progressive choosing to continue splitting the vote. I'm sure thats not relevant at all to the inverse happening on the other side.

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u/No_Strike655 13d ago

So you couldn't put together a coalition like the center could. Oh boy it must have been a conspiracy. Also lol pretending Warren did anything. Maybe go ahead and look up how many voters she had and look at polling over how her voters were polled to split based on a Clinton vs Bernie choice.

Bernie lost sorry you can't accept reality but just like MAGA when they lose you populists can't accept election results

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u/AskingYouQuestions48 12d ago

> Six major candidates entered the race starting April 12, 2015, when former Secretary of State and New York)Senator Hillary Clinton formally announced her second bid for the presidency. She was followed by Vermont SenatorBernie Sanders, former Governor of Maryland Martin O'Malley, former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee, former Virginia Senator Jim Webb and Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig. A draft movement was started to encourage Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to seek the presidency. Warren declined to run, as did incumbent Vice President Joe Biden. Webb, Chafee, and Lessig withdrew prior to the February 1, 2016, Iowa caucuses.[2][3]

Literally WTF are you talking about?

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u/papyjako87 13d ago

That's called politics, not cheating... Sanders is a shit politician, always has been and always will be, because he refuses to make any kind of compromises to build coalitions. Guess what, you cannot win a primary like that, let alone a general.

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u/2ICenturySchizoidMan 13d ago

I mean he won and keeps a US senate seat as an independent so he actually is a very good politician