I think a lot of Bernie’s support came from the fact that he was the alternative to Shillery.
Bernie is quite the talker, too, even if it’s a bunch of B.S. His personality is likable, to many D’s.
Maybe so, but it has gone far beyond that negative reason at inception into positive support for socialism.
I think there will be payback for cheating Bernie out of the nomination.
Because Bernie was not a Democrat...he’s always identified himself as a socialist....the DNC should have stopped him in 2015 from getting on primary ballots.
But I think that they needed people to be ‘thrilled’ in the primary season and figured that he’d get more people to come out and vote....to engage. They just didn’t expect him to take 40-percent of the primary votes.
So now, they are stuck with a large part of the Democratic base (mostly young and in college), who think that Bernie led them to a better path ahead. Unless they do some creative work over the next two years, I think the Bernie effect will reoccur...creating more division within the party, and guaranteeing a 2020 loss.
I would even go and suggest in 2024...that a major party is created with 10-million Bernie-type voters, and taking a large chunk out of the Democratic base.
You are so right . Many people I talked to said Bernie was the only alternative to Hillary.They don’t understand socialism.It was just an uninformed alternative to Hillary.