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Sanders 2020

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Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2019, 03:37 AM Dec 2019

Why do you think Bernie can win this? [View all]

Here's part of my reasoning for why I am so confident he's going to pull this off this year. Historical precedent is a big part about why I forecast Bernie's success in the primary and in the general election. For one, there are only a few candidates that have run in one primary and sustained throughout a large part of it, then ran again. The only one I can think of in recent history is Hillary. All others started early and dropped out around super tuesday. With Hillary, she was able to maintain the strong base of states that she won in 2008 and built on it. She won 23 primaries her first go(compared to Bernie's 22). Bernie has a good shot at essentially utilizing Hillary's strategy in 2016 as he expands on the lead in states that he ran and won in from the last election, along with demographic groups that he didn't do as well with, and is building strongly on now. None of his opponents won any primaries in any previous election, and Bernie has a good chance of reinvigorating the good faith from his previous supporters, and establishing a stronger base. I think Bernie's going to win this How bout you?

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