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Originally posted by lightstheyblindme
okay I'll amend my statement: people are "here for her" in California but virtually nowhere else
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Exactly and this is with the narrative of making history as the first female president/
When you have to unlivable candidates like Clinton and trump it's clear that Bernie would have had a better shot at defeating trump even if he lost it wouldn't have been by a landslide losing 5 more elector votes.
People wAnt to use Bernies numbers when running up against hillary not understanding that Bernie was running up against someone that was branded to make history with more money and power.
If she was out of the equation and it was between trump and sanders who actually thinks a likable candidate would have fared worse against trump when Clinton voters are now longer factoring in "making history"
I just don't get how that isn't abundantly evident but Either way
Clinton had the bigger losses overall.
I don't think Bernie would have lost one elector much less a historic 5