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masterplum posted...

I mean, there were interviews of people who said they were deciding between Bernie and Trump and Hillary was a non factor for this reason.

People were voting based on who they thought was saying things the common man was thinking which shows a huge flaw in how political discourse is carried out. It doesn't matter that one may be more authentic than the other, it shows a problem with what criteria people are using to decide who would be an effective leader

Which also shows how out of touch Hillary sounded compared to say Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. People whose policy positions I don't like all that much but who appealed to that same aspect.

And we probably have president Clinton 2.0 if the idiot actually campaigned in the Midwest

But yes our voters need to be smarter. This is proven because Republicans get elected and isn't actually news. But equating bernie who has a track record with someone who does not is not the same. It is voter ignorance. The system had let them down so long they were willing to trust a madman. I have spent 6 years roasting the madman but also that systemic failure matters a lot and so far the democrats as a whole are doing shit to change that.