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Originally Posted by RFlushDiamonds
Obviously if the polls are accurate they would support Bernie.
No, this is not obvious. It is in fact both possible and even rationally coherent to support those policies and vote for Biden. Thus, we shouldn't assume based on the primary results that people don't actually support those policies or, if they really do support those policies, that the primary results are inaccurate.
For instance, this
YouGov survey from Feb 23-25 shows of people who intend to vote in the Democratic primary that 65% think winning the general is more important compared to only 35% who think voting for a nominee who agrees with their position on most issues is more important. It is coherent to both support free college and M4A and vote for Biden because you think he is most electable and you place more weight on electibility.
And of course, even if issues are most important to them, just because they support some of Bernie's policies doesn't mean that they prefer his policies to Biden's overall. Perhaps they like other aspects of Biden's policy portfolio more than Bernie's (eg maybe they don't like Bernie's foreign policy).
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Which is what many of us have been trying to beat into your thick skull in this thread. The math doesn't add up to Biden being the front runner. Other factors besides what the voters want are in play.
Only if you've never been involved in campaign decision-making. Policy can drive some votes, but there are typically more important aspects to messaging. There's nothing surprising about voters not voting for a candidate even if they support some of his policies over his opponent.
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They both do claim to represent everyone.
But of course the GOP has been a bought and paid for corporate party since the 1890s and the Dems since probably the 1990's. Before that the Dems (except in the south) represented the more ordinary citizens.
I don't really agree with this view of the party. Major corporations have always had lots of influence over the Democratic Party.
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And that's why the party elite would rather have Trump as president than Bernei imo. And you can't prove me wrong. It's so obvious at this point.
I mean, having this much certainty about a statement like this is helpful for people in calibrating your level of insight.