• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    I assure you if Bernie was nominated to run for President tomorrow, a flood of, “What has he done to earn my vote?” posts would start.

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      Bernie Sanders is the single most popular politician in the USA due to bipartisan support, even if he hasn’t been the most popular primary candidate to democrats.

      I bet the voices of dissent would be Tankie and Anarchist accelerationists who see him making things better as dodging a violent revolution.

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      Just for awareness, 30/50 states have partisan primaries. That means you must be registered as a Democrat to vote in the Democratic primary. It was a contributing factor in Bernie’s 2016 primary loss, and will be the only effective way to replace the corporate centrists with progressives in the 2026 midterms.

      Check your state’s primary type here: https://ballotpedia.org/Primary_election_types_by_state

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        bernie is a centrist.

        the corporate centrists you speak of are right wingers.

        the overton window is really fucked in your country if you call people like biden “centrists”.