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It seems there are people in the Democratic establishment that would rather have 4 more years of Trump than elect a non-establishment Democrat they can't contro

It seems there are people in the Democratic establishment that would rather have 4 more years of Trump than elect a non-establishment Democrat they can't control. At least with Trump they can spend 4 years pointing to him and saying what a disaster he is to better position themselves for next election. Here's an Op-Ed piece that makes that argument: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/15/it-clear-establishment-and-corporate-media-would-prefer-trump-reelection-president https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/15/it-clear-estab... And I would even argue that it's not always best to go with the person who gets the most votes amongst the Democrats. Most Democrats and Republicans will vote for their party in the election, no matter who the nominee is. So I would think the best person to win the election would be a candidate that is able to get the most support from across the aisle, from Independents and Republicans. This election, it seems like the top candidates for that are Yang, Biden, or Tulsi, based on what few articles I can find on the matter. https://www.businessinsider.com/right-leaning-voters-support-andrew-yang-2020-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/right-leaning-voters-support... https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/476265-poll-gop-voters-drawn-to-biden-more-than-other-2020-democrats https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/476265-poll-gop-voters-dra... https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/tulsi-gabbards-support-skews-conservative-and-male.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/tulsi-gabbards-suppo... But it doesn't seem like the DNC cares about that as much as long as one of the establishment candidates wins the nomination (Biden, Buttigieg, Warren, Kloubuchar).

A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
Washington's warning rings true in this case. The really odd side-effect, though maybe not unpredictable, is the amount of people who voice approach along the lines of 'burn it all down, start from scratch'. Sentiment like that must be scary to the existing powers. That said, I have no idea how common that is. The weirdest thing about it is that Trump seems very much result of this trend. edit: changed verb is to seems
phkahler 7y ago
>> Most Democrats and Republicans will vote for their party in the election, no matter who the nominee is. >> So I would think the best person to win the election would be a candidate that is able to get the most support from across the aisle, from Independents and Republicans. Well that means picking a candidate specifically for the swing votes, which may be very different than what party members want. In other words someone that almost nobody likes. But hey, they can win. Because people will vote their party regardless.

A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago

Washington's warning rings true in this case. The really odd side-effect, though maybe not unpredictable, is the amount of people who voice approach along the lines of 'burn it all down, start from scratch'. Sentiment like that must be scary to the existing powers. That said, I have no idea how common that is. The weirdest thing about it is that Trump seems very much result of this trend. edit: changed verb is to seems

phkahler 7y ago

>> Most Democrats and Republicans will vote for their party in the election, no matter who the nominee is. >> So I would think the best person to win the election would be a candidate that is able to get the most support from across the aisle, from Independents and Republicans. Well that means picking a candidate specifically for the swing votes, which may be very different than what party members want. In other words someone that almost nobody likes. But hey, they can win. Because people will vote their party regardless.