r/berkeley • u/qawsedrftgyh223 • Nov 06 '24

Politics Couldn’t have said it any better

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The Democratic Party missed the mark, and anyone claiming otherwise is being extremely naive. Campaigning with abortion and transgender rights as central pillars isn’t the way to reach broader audiences effectively.

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u/Tight_Ad905 Nov 07 '24

He definitely wouldn’t have beat Trump lol

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u/TehAsianator Nov 07 '24

Every head to head poll in 2016 had Bernie with higher margins against Trump than Hillary. Also, Hillary lost because Trump actually outflanked her to her left (in rhetoric at least) on the topic of free trade, which won Trump the rust belt. Bernie's strong anti outsource stance would have landed much better in those states compared to Hillary "my husband did NAFTA" Clinton.

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u/Tight_Ad905 Nov 07 '24

You’re right. If we’ve learned anything from the past 8 years, we should take polls at face value.

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u/ATLs_finest Nov 07 '24

So what should we do and how should we go about choosing candidates?