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John Fetterman says he'll 'never understand' progressives who refuse to support Joe Biden
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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Not really. It means that person does not have the votes to win. Even if every supporter of X exclusively voted for X, plus a few supporters of Y, X would not win against Z. However, if every supporter of Y voted for Y, plus a few supporter of X, he would win against Z. So we should shift our support to Y because he has more supporters and is more likely to win against Z.
I think what you're trying to say is that if every Biden voter just voted for Bernie, Bernie would have won. Which...sure, but you could say that about anyone.
It's a difference between core voters ("I'm only excited about X") vs swayable voters ("I like X but I think Y has a better chance of winning against Z").
The point is that Biden has more core supporters than Bernie. Biden has a bigger, more reliable group of people who want to vote for him and only him.
It means that people who want to vote a certain way are being pressured to vote a different way.
This in turn means the way the votes went is not a measure of what people want, but rather of what they can be pressured into doing. These are different things, even if it's convenient to dismiss it as a distinction without a difference.
You just straight up didn't read my comment huh
No I read it, I just thought you missed my point and wanted to clarify
The subtext of the point I was trying to make was about whether or not your politics leave people feeling understood or respected. NGL I wasn't feeling either