So what you're saying is that Bernie supporters are naturally more enlightened about the issues and that's why they support him, right?
Absolutely. Hillary's unlikability was really propping up Bernie in 2016. Now that he doesn't have Hillary to run against we are seeing a clearer picture of where he truly stands in the party.
You are fundamentally saying that Biden voters are less informed than Bernie voters on average.
You have a point when you say he has full control of the GOP and that could be an advantage for him but I would argue that he has lost a lot of moderates and Independents in the three years he has been in office. He hasn't really grown his base since 2016 and instead his wild swing to the far right has alienated a lot of people that falsely thought he would be a moderate when comparing him to Hillary. Those people he lost are who I believe are coming out in droves to vote for Biden on Super Tuesday. These people disillusioned with the failures of Trump are part of the new coalition that will make Biden a formidable opponent for Trump in November. I believe even Trump himself knows this, and that's why he risked it all to take out Biden before he got caught and impeached last year.
It's a weird statement to make because you'd think Congress would have an explanation of how they were paying for it in there somewhere.
He can't say yes or no given his position and the hypothetical was pretty dumb in the first place, thus the weird answer.
People drilling the actual consequences of buster nonsense into some of people's thick heads is absolutely a ok in my book. It's about forcing the weight of their choice on people.
Both Biden and Bernie have the same name rec. They've had it from the start. That's why they were both on top for nearly the entire primary.
This is Bernie's second run for the Presidency, I believe he has 100% name recognition. People know very well who he is and where he stands. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the party doesn't believe he is electable in a high stakes general election.
I'm making the point that increased taxes aren't a good metric for the viability of M4A. I guarantee Bernie's plan would not fuck over lower income families--and I guarantee a lot of families would prefer the increased taxes from M4A to running gofundme campaigns for cancer treatment and rationing insulin.
It's getting pretty bad can't see anyone uniting after this primary is over. Having the coronavirus happen right on top of it is just gonna make things worse. The generational gap between voter's interest is just getting more apparent.
Bernie could have won if he ran a good campaign problem is he didn't and now has very little chance. This is all on Bernie nobody else that biden will probably be the nominee.
Note: none of the people conversing here are the average voter. The average Bernie voter likes Biden, the average Biden voter likes Bernie, Bernie himself is friends with Biden.
I mean, this is *at least* debatable. Biden's surge off the back of a sleep-walk of a campaign shows us that campaigning only counts for so much, or at least that the efficacy of certain types of outreach is limited. this wasn't crystal clear until Super Tuesday. There's a reason this is unprecedented.
He'll stay in until after the last primary at least.
This is why I'm not optimistic for 2022 at all. Our Senate map is pretty good thankfully but oof.
I don't think it is debatable, This was Bernie's contest to lose and he did so in spectacular fashion. He has almost a less chance of than he did in 2016 and It looked like that he would have been the nominee. I'm not a fan of Biden but it's a combination of how he ran his campaign and how bernie has squandered his.
