2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Even if Bernie Sanders doesn't win the primary, he has given every indication that he will [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)The DUers who won't are nothing but the canary in the coal mine. It's the millions of disenfranchised and independents that Bernie appeals to that Hillary will end up losing in the GE. Those people won't be goaded into any vote, they just won't care (and many of them probably won't vote). We're not threatening what we will do, we're warning what will likely happen.
The good news is that even with those millions that won't vote, the Republican candidates are repugnant. So there's a good chance she'll garner enough cross over votes just by not being them to win (Demographics really do favor us in a nationwide election).
To put it bluntly when voters turn out Democrats win. And I believe that more voters will turn out for Bernie than will for Hillary. That also helps down ticket. I think either candidate would win against Republicans. I just think it's going to be lower turnout (and hence closer) with Hillary. And yes that is just my personal opinion.
If anyone thinks I'm telling people to not vote for the nominee, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm also not blind to what's going on this election.