Last Topic: 4:53:24pm, 06/22/2022
Last Post: 5:13:18pm, 09/28/2022
The idea that Bernie Sanders is the reason Clinton lost is nonsense. Clinton lost because of Clinton.
First off, the 08 primary was WAY more of a slugfest and Obama did not mince words slandering Clinton himself. There was a lot of bad blood during this between Obama supporters and Clinton supporters. Obama went on to win the election in a blowout against a more well-liked Republican.
Secondly, Clinton won the election by three million votes. But somehow in the US you can finish that many votes behind(or more) but somehow still win.
Third, Sanders pretty much gave her the biggest gift ever by overperforming and beating her in states like michigan, wisconsin, etc. That made it clear right there that she could have an issue there and that she might want to spend a little more effort shoring up those states. She opted not to while Trump went hard in that region knowing those states were his main route to victory.
Even more, Clinton and the Democrats straight up wanted Trump to win the Republican primary as they saw him as an easy tin can to beat. They still promote ultra-right candidates and even donate to them because they find them easier to run against. I'm not even saying it's a bad strategy, but if you keep going to that well, those candidates are eventually going to win.