2016 Postmortem

HereSince1628

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3. My question isn't the -when- of this, it is -WHY?-

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 05:39 PM

Mar 2016

It's become traditional for dems to run toward the base to win the nomination and then to run toward the independents to whin the general election.

It's fairly clear this season where the base is and where the independents are.

If you're a candidate and you need and want voters votes, it's tradition to -move toward them- not dig in your heels and threaten voters with bad things that will be -their- fault. That's not finding a message that works, that's the definitionof petulance: the quality of being sulky and bad-tempered:

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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