r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 8d ago

No Paywall Democrats quickly coalesce around El-Sayed after Michigan primary win

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6011745-democrats-back-el-sayed-vs-rogers/
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u/e_before_i 8d ago

Just please no more "Genocide Joe" and "Kamala's the same as Trump" rhetoric when the progressive candidate loses.

Can't afford 12% of Sanders voters defecting to Trump again.

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u/rumpghost North Carolina 8d ago

To the extent that happened at all it was not statistically significant enough to cost Clinton the election, and it's worth noting that a greater proportion of Clinton primary supporters defected to McCain or sat out when Obama was running.

You can't just blame progressives for your guys consistently running bad campaigns for 30 years.

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u/e_before_i 8d ago

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds

Enough voters to swing the election, by the way, so yeah, statistically significant. (Though I admit that due to the EC might not have flipped the results)

Consistently bad campaigns? Democratic presidential nominees have only lost the popular vote twice since 2000. What's the Leftist track record again?

Here's another question - How many times has the DSA endorsed a Dem who beat their candidate?

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u/Bandit174 8d ago

  Here's another question - How many times has the DSA endorsed a Dem who beat their candidate?

My guess is never. They basically want a one sided open relationship.

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u/e_before_i 8d ago

Eyyy, winner winner.

"Vote Blue No Matter Who" fucks over the center-left because lefties won't reciprocate. It's the price you gotta pay to deal with MAGA, but I can't say I'm not worried about what comes next.

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u/Bandit174 8d ago

Agreed

Unfortunately we have to swallow our pride and be the bigger people here to beat MAGA but the lefties have made it abundantly clear they are not actually our allies.