• LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    They ran Harris because she was the only candidate they could justify shoehorning in without a primary, since she’s VP.

    Why they didn’t want to run a primary is a great question. Probably cost and time, and name recognition. Studies show that often the candidate with the most name recognition wins. There’s wasn’t enough time to tell every person in America a brand new person’s name.

    But usually VPs don’t do well when they run as president. Imo Dems are just trying to avoid another Bernie Sanders situation - a leftist with an authentic campaign and people who genuinely like them. More than anything, they gotta stop real progress in this country.

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      18 hours ago

      Imo Dems are just trying to avoid another Bernie Sanders situation - a leftist with an authentic campaign and people who genuinely like them

      100% this is why. They didn’t want any internal pressure for progressive policies or a public platform to voice them.

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      17 hours ago

      They lost the general because they refused to hold a legitimate primary. This wouldn’t of happened. They haven’t run a real primary since 2008 and look at how hard Obama won in a landslide after competing in a deep field of qualified and competent candidates.

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        Even in 2008, it was obvious Clinton was the DNC’s preferred candidate and DNC still had their thumb on the scale. Despite this, Obama still managed to come out ahead. And with a base that was actually excited about their chosen candidate, they turned out to vote and Obama won.

        The only lesson the DNC learned from this is that they needed to push their thumb harder on the scales the next time around.

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          9 hours ago

          They learned two things: identity politics and weigh the scale down as hard as possible.

          They obsessed over identity, to their long term detriment as some of the minority identities they fawned over are shifting their support towards trump.