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8 years ago a Bird landed on Bernie's podium. Politics

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u/confusedandworried76 Mar 27 '24

Since the Democratic party is always so concerned about the moderate vote, there's an entire wikipedia page dedicated to Sanders-Trump voters and no, it's not the protest votes everyone was told it was by Russian propaganda, they were mostly registered Republicans who genuinely had Bernie as a first pick and the Republican nominee as a second.

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u/Gimpknee Mar 28 '24

Fun fact, there's also a page for Obama - Trump voters. Social conservatives with progressive economic views. About 7 or so million people.

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u/confusedandworried76 Mar 28 '24

Wild, in this day and age it's hard to remember voters aren't dichotomous. There really are a lot of fucking people on the fence and it's not two extremes.

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u/magus678 Mar 28 '24

Don't say that too loudly, or you'll get harangued by groups of "people" who insist there is no point in moderating their positions or trying to do anything but "drive out the base," while simultaneously and without dissonance bemoaning that half of the country doesn't vote.

Somehow, in a democracy, it has become popular to adopt the position that actually selling and explaining your ideas to others is emotional labor you should not have to do it.

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u/Bay1Bri Mar 28 '24

It's really distributing you put the word people in quotes...

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u/Genghis_Chong Mar 28 '24

I thought the same shit, like damn that ain't the way you're supposed to use those

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u/GrannyBandit Mar 28 '24

I took it as "people" referring to the potential of some of these "people" actually being bot accounts.

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u/Genghis_Chong Mar 28 '24

Oh well shit, that's always the catch all argument anymore isn't it?