2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DU is making me sad. [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)I said that some may of us be forced to vote for the Dem candidate we know is wrong for the country, but that will spell total stomach-churning misery for those who do. It will feel like a failure--even if she wins. Afterwards I suspect there will be no more "Liberal wing" of the party to throw crumbs to. I'm sure the Millennials will not vote at all if Hill is the candidate. Many repercussions for that loss.
I know that if I have to vote for Hillary, after 25 years of supporting Dem party candidates (working for, giving, following local races) I will be going elsewhere. Bernie gives me the hope there would be a practical "elsewhere" to go. I feel like I have found my tribe, and things look different now. I want real change, and integrity in government, and real Democracy. Hillary has shown she isn't about that good stuff. Call it idealistic--I call it a realistic Plan B, thanks to Bernie.
Nobody believes Hillary will be "pulled to the left" if elected (which I don't feel is certain at all against Trump). The only way the Dem Party will pull to the left is IF Bernie Sanders is elected. I have never believed anything with more conviction. This is a watershed moment in this country.
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