2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I can show every Hillary supporter why they should be supporting Bernie [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)I believe the people are smarter than that now. The people that would fall for that are the same people that fall for the birther shit. The stupid and uninformed, the GOP base.
With the internet people can just listen to Bernie speak and that's when he gets them. His authenticity brings them in. He just comes across as a real person and not a rehearsed politician. He excites people. We can see that in the turn out and the quick rise in popularity as people get to know about him.
Imo, Hillary embodies the exact problems you fear Bernie has. She has so much negative baggage coming into this thing. Agree or not, many people simply do not like her, do not trust her and do not get excited by her. Many will sit out the election if she is the Dem nominee because neither side will make them care enough to vote.
We see Bernie gaining supporters from the indies and even moderate Republicans. He even has appeal with the teabagger faction due to his strong views on income inequality and the 1%.
The fact is, the more people that get to know about Bernie the more people support him and get excited about him. Everyone knows who Hillary is and they just aren't that excited about her since she is just business as usual.