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Democratic Primaries

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jg10003

(976 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 01:25 PM Mar 2020

The DNC won't make the same "mistake" as the RNC [View all]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-buttigieg-dropped-out/?fb_comment_id=3201312246548935_3202963463050480&comment_id=3202963463050480


The Buttigieg departure, in fact, suggests that the Democratic Party establishment has learned some lessons from how GOP party elites allowed President Trump to win the Republican nomination over their objections four years ago. Perhaps Democratic elites are still organized and influential enough to affect party politics. In the time between the Nevada caucuses and today, you heard a bit of a freakout from Democrats concerned about nominating a democratic socialist to take on Trump. But that freakout resulted in some actions — prominent figures in the party urged some candidates to drop out and endorsed Biden.


In other words the GOP establishment failed to keep the nomination from an outsider who understood the mood of the electorate. The GOP establishment paid the price of their failure, winning the white house. The Democratic establishment won't make the same mistake.
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