US Elections question: Bernie Sanders said that the Democrats abandoned the working class, and the working class abandoned them. How is this true?
US Elections question: Bernie Sanders said that the Democrats abandoned the working class, and the working class abandoned them. How is this true?
Asking as someone from the other side of the planet.
From the things I saw about the US election, the Dems were the side with plans for the economy - minimum wage adjustments, unions, taxing the rich, etc. The Republicans didn't seem to have any concrete plans. At least, this is what I saw.
I don't doubt Bernie Sanders though - he seems like a straight truth teller. But what am I missing?
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I understood him to mean that Democrats were more interested in appealing to Liz Cheney as Republican lite, rather than advocating vigorously for the working class. They take money from corporate interests, and then pretend they don't protect them. They didn't do enough to address the problem of inflation, and American workers were angry.
I see this claim so much, and it's bullshit. Harris didn't make a single policy concession to get Cheney on board. And why would she? The entire point of having her endorse was to send the message of "Trump is so dangerous that even people who disagree with me are choosing to support me."
Harris needed to get progressives and instead they put their efforts into winning over moderate conservatives. Even if she didn't make concessions, putting time and effort into promoting that meant she didn't have time or effort to put into the progressive voter base
Building a broad coalition without policy concessions was a waste of time? You're going to have a tough time convincing me of that point.
I don't think he needs to convince you of that. The results of your election are plain for all to see.
What broad coalition?
There was no coalition. It was a campaign by and for white college educated professional women in the suburbs.
That's not a coalition, that's a book club.
Look at the numbers please:
In 2020 Biden had 81,284,666 votes.
In 2024 Kamala had 69,218,912 votes.That is a difference of around 12 Million votes or nearly 15%. Trump at the same time gained only like 750k votes. I mean yes, he somehow GAINED votes, but still...
What is your supposed reason for those numbers?
She and Biden had four years to demonstrate policies that help the working class. They did so little that the working class supported trump.
That's the concession: the built in support for corporate agendas, since that's where Democratic money comes from. You don't need to put it in your platform when it's obvious from your actions that "the economy", to you, means the board room.