Why Don't Bernie Voters Matter?

[LiberalFighter]

86. Electing the President is not the sole thing that needs to happen.

And under most circumstances cannot do it on their own.

It is electing members to both the House and Senate that support those issues. They create the legislation and can make it happen even if the president does not initially support it.

Look at it like baseball's farm system. You elect officials at the township level, city and villages with mayors and city councils, county level, thru the state legislators.

And then it requires educating the public both at the school and community.

Part of the problem is messaging. Just like most everyone else, Sanders did not explain why and especially how it could be accomplished. And most people were not listening to him. I told my former Senator when he was running for re-election not to say "fix ObamaCare". It should be improve it. He didn't listen and lost. There were probably other reasons but if that was his mindset then he was trying to pander to the wrong people.

I got fed up with him during the 2016 primary and general. He and his campaign were complaining about the process when they knew about the process but they made it out as something it wasn't. And they complained about the DNC was favoring Hillary when they don't control how the voters vote. They try to imply that elections were rigged. As someone that is involved in assigning workers for the polling places I knew that was not the case. And I knew that the DNC did not control how primaries were conducted. All of that is under control of state law usually via the Secretary of State office. And the majority of states and SOS are Republican.

I also got fed up when I realized that someone that talks about helping those in need and hyping his civil rights protest he didn't stay in Chicago or Brooklyn. Both having strong presence of minorities. Vermont does not.

I also got fed up when he complained about the Democratic Establishment yet he wanted to hijack the party to run as one. And he runs as a Democrat in the Primary only to take out any opposition and then runs as an Independent in the General.

In all his time in Congress there has not been any meaningful legislation from him either.

They complain about these moderates as if it were a bad thing without considering that their current position would be considered ultra liberal back 20 or 30 years ago. Joe and most of the others that ran this year would be found in the middle of the pack within the left. Not in the fringe right of the party. I base this on govtrack that tracks it.

Then too many fail to understand despite what has happened under Trump the importance of who the President appoints to the different departments and agencies. Of importance to working people, the DOL, NRLB, and OSHA are three that are of major importance.