return2ozma@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoIs anyone surprised?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareelgordino@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoBecause the early rounds of the primaries were in states more keen on Berni and less so on Biden, so Berni was an early front runner. Some folks have decided to extrapolate that out and assume Berni would have won nationally if only the DNC hadn’t been so strongly opposed to Berni.
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThis is the real answer. Biden stomped Bernie in the swing states. You must win those states to win the election. We still don’t have a national popular vote. Until then you have to focus on winning the electoral college.
Because the early rounds of the primaries were in states more keen on Berni and less so on Biden, so Berni was an early front runner.
Some folks have decided to extrapolate that out and assume Berni would have won nationally if only the DNC hadn’t been so strongly opposed to Berni.
This is the real answer. Biden stomped Bernie in the swing states. You must win those states to win the election. We still don’t have a national popular vote. Until then you have to focus on winning the electoral college.