A brokered convention will not affect the base

[Kaleva]

We, the base, go out and work hard for our nominees. Every single election. No matter what. We, the base, believe in our Party, our nominees and understand very well the dangers Repubs present to our nation and to the world. We are self motivated because we have a good knowledge of the issues that face us and how poor the Repub track record is.

Those who lean Dem or are registered Dems and entertain the idea of not voting are not the base. One may be part of a demographic that tends to vote Dem but that doesn't automatically make them part of the base. That distinction has to be earned. Each and every election.

[TDale313]

1. And yet elections are won or lost on the margins

A slim percentage in a handful of swing states. So yeah, the base will get on board, but who you might win or lose with a contentious convention can be key.

[Kaleva]

3. Then it would be wise for candidates to rally their supporters who are not part of the base to vote.

[Gravitycollapse]

2. Modern elections are marginal victories.

Ignore those on the margins at your peril.

[Kaleva]

8. Some of those on the margins are ok with another 4 years of Trump

With the Senate being in Repub hands and that body approving Trump's picks for judicial positions.

I mean, what can one do with those on the margins that sit out elections, like the last one and are threatening to sit out this one, who apparently think Trump putting his choices on the Supreme Court is not much of a deal? If that doesn't upset them, why would anyone think that what happens at a Democratic Party National Convention would bother them?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. You can say that again!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[RockRaven]

4. Is there high quality and reproducible polling on the question of:

which group is larger: Bernie supporters who won't vote for a non-Bernie Dem, or non-Dems who would vote for a Dem except not Bernie?

[TDale313]

5. And there's the million vote question.

And no, I don’t have a good answer.

[RockRaven]

10. And to make matters worse, it really only matters in half a dozen states, give or take,

because of the Electoral College. If we base our decision on national data, it is not clear that we will get the outcome optimal for the EC, which is what really matters.

[George II]

6. First presidential candidate I worked for was Jimmy Carter in 1976. Been at it ever since.

[CentralMass]

7. Who is the base ? I think that the answer is a matter of opinion.

[Kaleva]

9. If u vote Dem in every election & continue doing so, that's an indication you are part of the base

[CentralMass]

14. I meet that criteria and I expect the will of the electorate to be honored.

[DanTex]

11. Problem is, the votes of the non-base count just as much.

[Kaleva]

13. True. We can't win with just the votes of our base.

But would the non-base really care that much if our convention was brokered or not? They don't have the investment into our Party as we, the base, do.

[honest.abe]

15. Agreed. It wont affect me whatsoever regarding effort into defeating Trump.

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I might be pissed at the result but the only mission we have is to defeat Trump. It does not matter who our nominee is or how ugly the convention will be.