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mk · 1694 days ago · link · · parent · post: Bernie Sanders drops out of 2020 race

Bernie lost because young people didn't come out and vote for him this time around. Nor did as many other people. I think his mandatory public healthcare scared the shit out of a lot of people. At least that's the consensus among Dems I know that voted for Biden.

b_b · 1694 days ago · link ·

Bernie lost because he's a grumpy do-nothing who is hated by his own colleagues and who says nice things about Castro. This isn't a mystery about voter turnout, just like it wasn't last time.

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uhsguy · 1694 days ago · link ·

Even if that’s all true everyone else was worse. They accomplished even less and were even more out of touch.

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b_b · 1694 days ago · link ·

accomplished even less

Please elaborate

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uhsguy · 1693 days ago · link ·

Were there any other candidates that stood out as big accomplishers in the field? Maybe Bloomberg but he was super hatable everyone was meh or so vanilla you couldn’t put them on any side of any issue.

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