Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sanders campaign was SHOCKED when field narrowed, because they really thought 30% would win it [View all]LiberalFighter
(53,454 posts)What the hell were they smoking? It demonstrates that Sanders didn't have that great of a campaign staff. Sanders likely did himself in with the public appearances of his staff like Nina Turner.
If they thought they were on the brink of winning it must of been based on getting to the convention with just a plurality of delegates instead of the 1,991 required. And then demanding to be the nominee.
Reading the last 2 paragraphs claiming that it was unprecedented for the outcome. Sure it was. Only because we never had a candidate run a campaign the way Sanders did. But there was nothing unprecedented about supporters of candidates that dropped out all going for one candidate over the other. Sanders wasn't expecting them to support him in the beginning so how did he expect them to support him when it was just him and Biden? And considering their differences overall are minimal with Biden's. Besides, voters tend to go with someone they know and trust over someone they know and hasn't had much experience.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden