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[+] -25 points 13 hours ago (17 children)

Since they're still beating the dead horse I've got something different to say:

Bernie Sanders lost the primaries by Millions of votes. Not Thousands, Not Hundreds of Thousands, but Millions.

He wasn't even a DNC member and he got invited in the first place.

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  • [–] 5 points 12 hours ago (16 children)

    Sure, but he was already losing by an overwhelming majority before anyone voted. Hillary had something like 40 delegates already.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 hours ago

    And if all the Bernie supporters had actually registered and voted in the primary they could have changed that, but they didn't. Bernie supporters not voting for Bernie in the primary are the main cause of Bernie losing.

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  • [+] -12 points 12 hours ago* (14 children)

    So you're saying that if Bernie started with 40 more delegates that MILLIONS more people would have voted for him instead? Fat chance, pal.

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  • [–] 9 points 12 hours ago (13 children)

    If it doesn’t matter, then why not just make it fair?

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  • [–] -1 points 3 hours ago

    What fuckin fair? It may be bullshit but it's a private party, literally, and they didn't need to let Bernie run at all, but they did. Quit moving the goalposts. The facts remain no matter what the DNC did or didn't do Bernie lost the primary, overwhelmingly, because nobody voted for him.

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  • [+] -17 points 11 hours ago* (11 children)

    If you want me to come up with a reason why the person who receives millions more votes should become the representative then clearly you oppose democracy and idgaf about your opinion on anything.

    Being chosen by the people is what is fair.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

    Isn't that the popular vote?...

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  • [–] -5 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

    Popular vote: HRC: 16,917,853 Bernie: 13,210,550
    Percentage: 55.2%, 43.1%

    We've been discussing how Bernie lost the popular vote this entire time. It was a brutal defeat where he was 2 digit percent margin. Even worse, in 2020 he lost to Joseph Biden when Biden literally doubled his vote.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

    Thanks. Not American so not very knowledgeable but appreciate the clarification.

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  • [–] -5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    There is a concerted effort to keep everyone in the dark about this, including Americans, so it's totally understandable.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    Bro it's fucking exhausting how many progressive spaces refuse to admit that Bernie didn't fucking get the votes to be the nominee. By like, a landslide.

    I do think that in hindsight Clinton should have made him her VP choice though.

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  • [–] -5 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

    Indeed. Considering her performance in the primary, I was certain she was going to win the general. I was so sure, in fact, that I did a little oopsie and forget to vote. Happens to us all, right?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago (2 children)

    You're the one who sat out voting against a guy who was pretty much a known rapist, so that's your call.

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