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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
summary on 2. article is based on the premise that when young people think of socialism they think "denmark". and when old people think of socialism they think "soviet union." therefore the sanders candidacy hinges mathematically on getting young people out to vote in massive numbers to overcome boomer bias in turning away from democrats. author says he hasn't seen any huge under-35 mobilization so far. however, i haven't seen from previous results that bernard's candidance is supported by utes only.
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I don't think the 'socialist' label will hurt him or help him in any real meaningful way. Of course, the media and people who are really into politics will argue about socialism and what it means until we're all dead from coronavirus but the average voter doesn't think in such rigid ways. Bernie carried moderates and conservatives in Nevada pretty handily and it wasn't because they liked the specific ideology he follows. I mean, I'm further left than Bernie so it does make me laugh when people act like they'd be electing Stalin 2.0. The data also shows that Bernie has the biggest chance of flipping Trump supporters to him, so there is something else in play that cannot be defined in such a binary.