Perhaps. I don’t keep up with Republican politics that much. But I still get the sense the silent majority of Republican voters are more centrist that straight facist ticket.
I also think that in either 2016, or 2020, a progressive third party/ independent candidate (like if Bernie had seen the writing on the walls), could have handily won. The biggest issue in American politics is that most voters actually fucking hate both republicans and democrats, but you need their infrastructure to win for pretty much anything but the big seat.
So this argument relies on the fact that DNC deliberately would have torpedoed Bernie’s chances. That they worked to suppress his chances. While he wasn’t the DNC’s favorite son, this is a bit of a conspiracy theory. Bernie and progressives just aren’t that popular nationwide among Democrats in general. They are popular on the internet, but new and fringe movements tend to be (remember the early Libertarian movement and how Ron Paul blew up?). The DNC is certainly trending progressive, as most of the world has. But America has always been very centrist-minded, due to FPTP voting.
Perhaps. I don’t keep up with Republican politics that much. But I still get the sense the silent majority of Republican voters are more centrist that straight facist ticket.
So this argument relies on the fact that DNC deliberately would have torpedoed Bernie’s chances. That they worked to suppress his chances. While he wasn’t the DNC’s favorite son, this is a bit of a conspiracy theory. Bernie and progressives just aren’t that popular nationwide among Democrats in general. They are popular on the internet, but new and fringe movements tend to be (remember the early Libertarian movement and how Ron Paul blew up?). The DNC is certainly trending progressive, as most of the world has. But America has always been very centrist-minded, due to FPTP voting.