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Shadow_Don posted...

The dnc didn't want a repeat of Obama from 2008? Are you fucking high?

In a manner of speaking. Obama was a great candidate who brought young voters into the fold and ushered a Democratic wave into Congress. But he was viewed as having a negative impact on party fundraising, mostly attracting donations to himself while the national party starved (like a smaller example of the effect Trump has on the GOP's fundraising), and further complicating matters by establishing a ban on donations from federal lobbyists. The DNC blamed both that and the unreliability of young voters for their devastating Congressional losses in 2010.

Hillary was viewed as being much more of a team player with fundraising and attractive to a more reliable coalition of voters, who would support the party in the midterms too instead of just only showing up for presidential elections. While Bernie was viewed as an infinitely worse Obama in these regards.

emblem-man posted...

I don't get why they don't go harder for local elections where they actually have a chance to win due to low voter turnout

Because it doesn't really help. We elected AOC and she just became a boogeyman for Republicans to use against socialism. Even though AOC and her handful of allies have barely any power in the House and can't change things just their presence as fierce young progressives helped their conservative/centrist critics turn the moderates Bernie rallied in 2016 off from the movement in 2020 onward.