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  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Sanders came very close to winning the Democratic nomination two election cycles in a row, and his funding was largely individual donors, while Clinton and Biden were being funded by corporate interests. Sanders probably lost in 2016 because the DNC put it’s thumb on the scale; he lost in 2020 because many primary voters didn’t believe that he could win against Trump, and wanted a candidate that could peel away moderate Republicans. And that’s a national level.

    At a local level, there’s a lot less money, so fucking start there, where it’s not being driven by greed.

    • TheKingBee@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Sanders came very close to winning the Democratic nomination two election cycles in a row,

      That is some revisionist history, because he did not. He did better than any openly socialist candidate has in 100 years, but because of the rules of the DNC was not actually in contention at any point.