I really don’t think it’s progressive politics is my point. This cohort does not seem to care about politics judging by their inability to see how Bernie and Trump are opposed politically. Bernie also told people to vote for Clinton which these people didn’t, so obviously they’re not following him for his policies or because they listen to his advice. They care about optics and whatever their skewed sense of good optics suggests is what they follow. They like “outsiders” or some other superficial thing. Progressives often fit the bill, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to dilute ourselves into thinking that it’s the content rather than the individual candidate that is having this effect.
I really don’t think it’s progressive politics is my point. This cohort does not seem to care about politics judging by their inability to see how Bernie and Trump are opposed politically. Bernie also told people to vote for Clinton which these people didn’t, so obviously they’re not following him for his policies or because they listen to his advice. They care about optics and whatever their skewed sense of good optics suggests is what they follow. They like “outsiders” or some other superficial thing. Progressives often fit the bill, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to dilute ourselves into thinking that it’s the content rather than the individual candidate that is having this effect.