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Bernie Sanders accuses Harris of being 'influenced' by billionaires in 2024 race (www.usatoday.com)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

While I would have loved a Bernie presidency, I don't think he would have had as much popular appeal. Keep in mind she beat the other guy by 2% of the votes and lost to the electoral college system.

That's a loss on strategy, but definitely not an unpopular candidate choice.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Getting more votes than Trump doesn't really mean she was "popular", people were just willing to vote for her against him.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Then I'm not sure I'm getting your point. She was popular enough to win the general vote, so in that sense she was the right candidate. But she lost to the swing states, do you think Bernie would have fared better in that regard?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    She was shoved down our throats, not chosen by the voters.

    If I remember the polling correctly, a lot of people viewed Bernie favorably. He even polled better than Trump in the Red states.

    But almost nobody viewed Harris favorably. They only tolerated her.

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