2016 Postmortem

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts) Mon Mar 14, 2016, 05:29 PM Mar 2016

If you are in a primary and you need the support of another candidate's voters [View all]

Why not just move your positions -closer- to those voters to win their support?

And if you move and you still don't get the ones you need, don't you move closer again?

Isn't that the tradition? Isn't that the basic two-step of negotiation of a candidate with the voters?

How come it seems that there is a refusal to bargain toward something that both sides want?

I know democratic politicians have recently had a strange approach to bargaining, but doesn't the negotiation arrange a quid pro quo?

Why just tell people you aren't bargaining and it'll be THEIR fault when things don't turnout well?

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If you are in a primary and you need the support of another candidate's voters [View all] HereSince1628 Mar 2016 OP

since 3rd way took over Democratic Party ibegurpard Mar 2016 #1

My question isn't the -when- of this, it is -WHY?- HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #3

Except the independents aren't corporate centrists, which is why the ploy never worked. hedda_foil Mar 2016 #4

If there aren't enough corporate centrists to get you the win... HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #7

For politicians who change with the wind and just tell you what you want to hear. highprincipleswork Mar 2016 #2

I don't expect politicians to win votes by threatening voters with bad things if they don't HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #5

It's not what I want. That's why I am voting for Bernie! peacebird Mar 2016 #6

From a voter's point of view, that's how it should be... you vote for HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #8