2020 Democrats learned the lesson of Trump's GOP takeover: Unite or die

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — If President Trump is defeated in the fall election this year, history books will most likely pinpoint Leap Day weekend as a decisive moment, when Democrats did what Republicans could not do four years earlier.

Until this past weekend, Democrats were headed for a hostile takeover by a candidate with only about 30 percent support in the party, Bernie Sanders. It was eerily similar to Trump’s path to the Republican nomination in 2016.

The Republican Party did not want Trump in 2016: not the majority of voters, or party leaders, or even delegates to the convention. Even Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, described him as “unacceptable” early in the process, according to an associate of his.

But Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio and John Kasich and Ted Cruz split the majority vote among themselves and let Trump in the door and on his way to the White House. When it was all over, Trump won the nomination after winning about 45 percent of the primary vote. On the Democratic side in 2016, meanwhile, Sanders won 43 percent of the vote but still lost to Hillary Clinton, the only other major candidate in the race.

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In fairness Republicans have a winner take all rule in some states. Democrats do not. That did an awful lot to get Trump the nomination in 2016.

[Sloumeau]

1. Here's the irony:

It was Sander's people who demanded that the winner take all states be scrapped. If it was still in place, Sanders might have ended up with all of California's pledged delegates.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Winner take all us so undemocratic and now unDemocratic

Proportional delegates, primaries vs caucuses are better

[mjvpi]

3. I agree.

With a large number of delegates committed to two candidates it is going to take a concerted effort from both camps and their supporters to make coming together our number one priority. Bernie has said that he will support and work hard for the Democratic nominee. I fear the vitriol between supporters. Some of the things that I have read on DU really make me hope that the Russians, not fellow Demacrats are posting here because the attacks are going to leave a mark. History should make us smarter.

[ibegurpard]

4. And yet Trump won