I think it’s because there were other appealing candidates running against sanders, while the only person running against Harris is deeply unpopular in Vermont.
How dumb to you have to be to think a 1% difference means anything in comparing politicians who weren’t competing against each other?
A lot of political scientists think it’s useful, but I’m open to the suggestion that is just a dumb profession.
I also think the rightward tilt of the electorate elsewhere is relevant. He won with 70%+ in VT in 2012 and 67% in 2018. This all points to declining popularity to me.
Why do you think cherry picking through non comparable election results is more useful data than the many polls suggesting Sanders would have beaten Trump?
The polls suggesting Sanders would have beaten Trump are also cherry picking because they would require youth turnout higher than Obama. But I am not dismissing them, I am pointing out that we need to consider all of these data points, not just the ones that support our priors
I think he’s hurt his credibility a lot in the past four years stumping for Biden and waffling between opposing or supporting the genocide in Gaza. But also no one thought the senate race would be close, whereas people were (rightfully) concerned about Trump winning.
kamala wasn't running against bernie. when she did she was so unpopular she didn't even make it far enough to challenge him in his own state, which he easily won
who got more votes in separate elections including a national presidential election against someone else, who is also the most hated man in politics, is not what determines popularity, dunce
Since youre so obsessed with popularity lets turn the clock back to national opinion polls & heads-up matchups when Bernie Sanders actually tried to run national elections, with diverse cross-party support & the most individual supporters in every state
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How dumb to you have to be to think a 1% difference means anything in comparing politicians who weren’t competing against each other?
I also think the rightward tilt of the electorate elsewhere is relevant. He won with 70%+ in VT in 2012 and 67% in 2018. This all points to declining popularity to me.
The latter is irrelevant if we are trying to extrapolate nationally. Walter Mondale beat Reagan in MN in 1984 and was otherwise obliterated.