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How on earth did the polarity flip on that one? Amazing.

• mordocai 10y ago
  It didn't really. Sanders lost the nomination and a large chunk of his supporters are supporting Clinton now as the "less bad" option.
• bbctol 10y ago
  As the election approaches, many more ordinary people start paying attention to politics. In the year before an election, political forums are filled with die-hard supporters of candidates that inspire the most passion; now, the vast contingent of people who prefer Hillary have entered the discussion.
• MrZongle2 10y ago
  It's almost as if there were a group of people who felt that the record needed correcting in /r/politics. So to speak. Mission accomplished, by the looks of it today.
• ufo 10y ago
  It just means that the sub is more "anti-trump" than "pro-clinton" right now, even though the end result in both cases is similar.
• erics32 10y ago
  Through the magic of money and super PACs http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac...
• debacle 10y ago
  Hillary is spending 6mm+ on Internet astroturfing. In most of the anti-Trump things I am seeing on /r/politics, the top comment(s) are generally anti-Clinton, or at least more rational about a dislike for Trump based on things he has actually done or said.
• hackinthebochs 10y ago
  It's not hard to understand at all. Dominating the voting in the new-queue takes a lot of effort. When Bernie was in the race such efforts had a potential pay off. Now that Bernie is gone there's no longer any reward. The reward has now shifted to getting Clinton elected and/or keeping Trump from being elected. Incentives drive behavior.