(03-18-2020 08:15 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(03-18-2020 01:01 AM)mrbig Wrote:  In my short life (relative to most of the active posters here), I never remember as many notable people from a president's political party disavowing the president. I mean, numerous prominent republicans in 2016 were very explicit that they did not vote for Trump. It was pretty striking to me. Obviously didn't matter to most of the base.

How many Berniac Democrats didn't vote for Hillary last time and won't vote for Biden this time either?

How many prominent Democrats have distanced themselves from Bernie?

I think the difference is that Trump, an outsider to the party won... while Bernie, also an outsider to the party did not.... plus perhaps the liberal slant of the Media and the fact that Trump won. There has been more 'play' (that I've seen, plus my Bernie supporting son) for the past 3+ years about Republicans who don't support Trump than from Democrats who didn't support Hillary (Bernie Bros). It's come around a little because of the election, but it's been pretty silent

Judging by social media, quite a few. Some of the twitter rose people might be Russian bots, but I suspect the vast majority are disaffected teenagers / millennials.

Republicans seem to be more inclined to vote "red no matter who" as opposed to Democrats who are far more picky. This is a huge advantage to Trump and could be a key factor in him getting reelected. It also helps that Biden is about as unlikable as Hillary, as opposed to Sanders (who, regardless of your politics, you have to admit is a likable guy).