It was a really close election that she almost won. I sort of agree with the initial poster that she might have won it herself if she'd realized how close things were. (It isn't like she was being lazy, almost everybody except Sean Trende misunderstood this, on both sides.)
Trump would have been a uniquely well-suited opponent for Sanders…
It was a really close election that she almost won. I sort of agree with the initial poster that she might have won it herself if she'd realized how close things were. (It isn't like she was being lazy, almost everybody except Sean Trende misunderstood this, on both sides.)
Trump would have been a uniquely well-suited opponent for Sanders because the sort of wealthy, educated swing voter who would pick Romney over Sanders would have been trapped in the Democratic coalition by hostility to Trump. At most they would have voted third party. I do agree that Bernie would have lost in 2020.
It was a really close election that she almost won. I sort of agree with the initial poster that she might have won it herself if she'd realized how close things were. (It isn't like she was being lazy, almost everybody except Sean Trende misunderstood this, on both sides.)
Trump would have been a uniquely well-suited opponent for Sanders because the sort of wealthy, educated swing voter who would pick Romney over Sanders would have been trapped in the Democratic coalition by hostility to Trump. At most they would have voted third party. I do agree that Bernie would have lost in 2020.