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LordoftheMorons posted...

Well the argument about him hurting down ballot is based on the following two things:
1. a belief that hes weaker than a moderate overall, even if he still might not be able to win (I understand that you disagree)
2. The fact that the Dem 2018 House gains were overwhelmingly in districts that were won by turning out moderate upper middle class districts which are exactly where you would expect Sanders to be at his weakest

i mean, i guess these are fair arguments from a perspective like yours. i think that perspective is fundamentally blind to the realities of the progressive movement but we both know that this is an argument that will go nowhere.

thanks for the honest response

edit: i will say though that i dont think 2018's turnout was about *any* of the candidates that ended up winning so much as it was about sticking it to trump. i think you could have replaced any of the winning democrats with bernie-level leftists (which, despite what the media would like you to believe is not actually extreme left) and the results would have been the same (or arguably better!)

but this is speculation so debating it is pointless

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