General Discussion

they are destroyed by bad campaigns in the general. Yes, Dems should ALL vote Democractic in the general, but we should vote for who we want in the primaries and not be blamed if the person we didn't prefer doesn't win the general.

There were lots of people voting for Bernie in 16 who never would have voted for any other Democrat. He had the support of a lot of the angry libertarian mavericks. We can't wring our hands that they didn't come along when he wasn't the candidate. That's not the same as Bernie Dems, who should have voted and I expect did.

There were Dems who didn't come out--I contend these were low information voters who were feeling disillusioned and didn't fully assess the ramifications of their choice. I contend this had more to do with what was happening in sept. and Oct. than what was happening in the spring. There were lots of unfair things happening to Hilllary: Wikileaks, Russia, Comey...there really was a vast right wing conspiracy. To blame it on the Bernie faction of the Democratic party is a way to just sow the disunity everyone is complaining about.