What’s truly stunning is how many highly paid/renowned political journalists report easily disproven/counter-factual things 24/7 and get REWARDED with circular RT praise and then cable news picking up their fact-free narratives. Let’s go through the list...
1) Historically, midterm elections and presidential elections are apples to oranges. Much higher turnout for the latter with different demographics. So middle of the road Dems winning in 2018 really has little bearing in 2020.
2) Large # of centrist Dems won in 2018 not bc they were anti #MedicareForAll and proposing more incremental moderate change...polls and exit polls show Trump hemmorraged support among suburban women. Dems success was more about growing distaste for Trump than love for gradualism
3) The president’s party historically almost always loses 1 or both Houses of Congress in first midterms after they win the presidency. So Dems making 2018 a measuring stick against @BernieSanders VERY POPULAR policies flies in face of history
4) This notion of socialism being a loser in America is just conjecture. A 2018 Gallup poll showed Socialism MORE POPULAR than capitalism. news.gallup.com/poll/240725/de…
5) Notion that @BernieSanders would be a loser in general bc independents, moderates and Republicans doesn’t align with data and facts. Sanders has always done well in rural and more conservative areas in Vermont. He won rural/conservative areas in 2016 as well. He also won...
Several RED/PURPLE states or almost won.
WON: Oklahoma, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, West Virginia, Montana, North Dakota.
Lost by a point (or less than a point): Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky
WON: Oklahoma, Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, West Virginia, Montana, North Dakota.
Lost by a point (or less than a point): Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky
6) Compared to Obama 2012 @HillaryClinton had
-5% less black voters come out
-5% less Latino voters fome out
-6% less age 18-29 voters come out
@BernieSanders is in strong lead win 18-29, leading among Latinos, and doing the best among black voters under 40.
-5% less black voters come out
-5% less Latino voters fome out
-6% less age 18-29 voters come out
@BernieSanders is in strong lead win 18-29, leading among Latinos, and doing the best among black voters under 40.
7) @BernieSanders’ STRONGEST demographic are those making 50k or less and with just high school degrees. THAT IS TRUMP’s base.
8) Trump was just caught on tape saying he feared Clinton picking Bernie as VP in 2016 bc he is strong on trade...the issue that helped Trump beat her
8) Trump was just caught on tape saying he feared Clinton picking Bernie as VP in 2016 bc he is strong on trade...the issue that helped Trump beat her
I can go all the way up to 50-100 reasons but I gotta do some work. Moral of the story...political journalists KNOW ALL OF THIS. They choose to ignore it or distort the facts...
This is why so many people think we can only have incremental change, i.e: cake for the elites, crumbs for you and I!
