Why Don't Bernie Voters Matter?

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157. I completely agree with you.

Bernie wouldn't give centrists the time of day. He is slash and burn 100%. Revolution at all costs. For that of many reasons, I am glad that he cannot win.

Putting that aside, based on the things I have read here, the majority of the party does not want to move left.

However, and I think I said this elsewhere, I'm not 100% sure that that is true. I think the majority of the party wants to beat Trump, and knows that moving left won't do it. So there is a portion of the party that has let go of their desire to move left "for the greater good".

I would like to see a center + left party. It's a personal bias.

Sometimes it seems like beating Republicans is more important than moving the ideology. In fact, perhaps that is a big "duh". Perhaps you beat the Republicans first, then shift. I don't know.

Someone challenged me to read Biden's platform. I have read some of it. He is hitting the notes I want to hear. I feel okay with him.

But what I'd like to be able to do is win over Bernie supporters. I think I know where to start, but it involves some hard truths - that most Americans don't want Bernie's revolution. I feel as though if they know that they'll get pieces of what they want, they will vote for Biden.

That is my true aim. To give Bernie supporters - the reasonable ones - a reason to vote for Biden.