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2016 Postmortem

Amishman

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9. By American political standards what you describe as far left is off the map

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 11:33 AM

Dec 2016

Bernie is far left. But he still came pretty close to getting the nomination and polled very well nationally in general election matchups. America might not be moving left wholesale, but some elements of his far left stances are getting serious attention

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4 Completely Wrong Post-Election Things Democrats Are Fighting About [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

This is how we fight back. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

Yeah nothing says "Anti-elitsim" like this... the only thing dump is going to drain.. Cha Dec 2016 #2

Trump does speak for/to the guy waving the Confederate Flag. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #3

The Marcus Johnson analysis is not the solid proof so many claim. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #4

First of all, economic justice and social justice are heavily intertwined. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

You should look back at the convention -- the time when the most people were watching. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #6

Bernie is NOT "far-left". Ken Burch Dec 2016 #7

That would be my primary disagreement with the author, but his overall point stands. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #8

By American political standards what you describe as far left is off the map Amishman Dec 2016 #9

+1, "The fact that were talking about the white working class, instead of just the working class,.. uponit7771 Dec 2016 #10

Yes. We have to stop looking only at the top treestar Dec 2016 #11