I know, you’re thinking how could any person could support Trump and Sanders indifferently?
Well I know a lot of Sanders supporters both in person and on the internet who were also secret Trump voters. I too supported Sanders in the 2016 primary but voted for Trump in the general election. I won’t do it again this year and I’ll give the reason why shortly, but.......
Not all Bernie voters are Democratic Socialists. Many simply wanted him because he represents change. And, like it or not, Donald Trump represents change, whether in a good way or bad. And as long as the narrative is played that the establishment is doing everything it can to stop “outsider” president Trump then there will inevitably be a (much larger than you can imagine) portion of Bernie voters who secretly support him, even if they don’t talk about it in person.
Also another reason is their belief in accelerationism. Sanders’ supporters are less interested in his socialist policies than they are of a political revolution that his presidency could bring about. Their thinking goes that if he cannot get elected the next best thing to bring about “the revolution” is to have someone unbelievably awful like Trump in office for 8 years.
There was even a small faction of Sanders supporters in 2016 (including me) who believed that a Clinton loss could give Bernie a second chance in 2020. Well, that didn’t go according to plan did it? Still I’ve seen some fools on social media after Bernie dropped out this Spring urging fellow supporters to deny Biden victory in November to give Sanders yet another shot in 2024. Nope! Not doing that! I’m done with this!
That is the sad reality! Bernie’s supporters are so eager for change that some will do everything possible to re-elect Trump this year, and there is NOTHING that their fellow liberals can say or do to change their minds.
Well I know a lot of Sanders supporters both in person and on the internet who were also secret Trump voters. I too supported Sanders in the 2016 primary but voted for Trump in the general election. I won’t do it again this year and I’ll give the reason why shortly, but.......
Not all Bernie voters are Democratic Socialists. Many simply wanted him because he represents change. And, like it or not, Donald Trump represents change, whether in a good way or bad. And as long as the narrative is played that the establishment is doing everything it can to stop “outsider” president Trump then there will inevitably be a (much larger than you can imagine) portion of Bernie voters who secretly support him, even if they don’t talk about it in person.
Also another reason is their belief in accelerationism. Sanders’ supporters are less interested in his socialist policies than they are of a political revolution that his presidency could bring about. Their thinking goes that if he cannot get elected the next best thing to bring about “the revolution” is to have someone unbelievably awful like Trump in office for 8 years.
There was even a small faction of Sanders supporters in 2016 (including me) who believed that a Clinton loss could give Bernie a second chance in 2020. Well, that didn’t go according to plan did it? Still I’ve seen some fools on social media after Bernie dropped out this Spring urging fellow supporters to deny Biden victory in November to give Sanders yet another shot in 2024. Nope! Not doing that! I’m done with this!
That is the sad reality! Bernie’s supporters are so eager for change that some will do everything possible to re-elect Trump this year, and there is NOTHING that their fellow liberals can say or do to change their minds.
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