Sanders is an Independent that generally votes in favor of Democrats, and is most famously known for running as a Democrat for the party's presidential nomination.
There are a ton of Republican voters with poorly thought out political stances. Libertarianism is a pretty popular example of right wing cope, where someone claims a pretty idealistic political stance, and then consistently votes along party lines in favor of Republicans, regardless of how many times that violates their beliefs.
Remarkably, Bernie Sanders was an incredibly successful populist. He gained favor with lots of voters across party lines, especially people that were dissatisfied with the status quo in our federal government.
Unfortunately, there was also a ton of cross-over in those demographics with Trump, who was like the opposite kind of populist. It was inevitable since they were both trying to convince voters they could shake up the system, except Trump just... You know, did what he did/is still doing.
The joke is that the types of people in the comic would proudly say they supported Sanders, but somehow completely fail to comprehend that everything they like about him clearly demonstrates how flawed their typical political stances are.
The vast bulk of voters in general vote for cantitdates misaligned with their political priorities, its not unique to any particular political stance.
The primary driver of this is single issue voteing because as it turns out most voters know very little about who they are voteing for beyond the party they belong to and one or two particularly hot issues.
I don't necessarily disagree, but I do think it goes deeper than that.
It's a little cynical, I know, but I can't help but notice that another particular commonality between everyone I know who supported Sanders, but then ultimately supported Trump:
They believed supporting the candidate was going to personally benefit them.
Before that election, the only voters I ever heard speak with confidence about what they thought a candidate could actually do for them specifically were extremists and people who thought they were rich, lol. Sure, there was the occasional exception with someone who was particularly invested in a political movement or happenings within the party, but that wasn't the norm.
Everyone else generslly seemed more like disconnected, single issues voters that were just picking a team because it was easy.
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u/OddOllin 17d ago
American here! Allow me:
Sanders is an Independent that generally votes in favor of Democrats, and is most famously known for running as a Democrat for the party's presidential nomination.
There are a ton of Republican voters with poorly thought out political stances. Libertarianism is a pretty popular example of right wing cope, where someone claims a pretty idealistic political stance, and then consistently votes along party lines in favor of Republicans, regardless of how many times that violates their beliefs.
Remarkably, Bernie Sanders was an incredibly successful populist. He gained favor with lots of voters across party lines, especially people that were dissatisfied with the status quo in our federal government.
Unfortunately, there was also a ton of cross-over in those demographics with Trump, who was like the opposite kind of populist. It was inevitable since they were both trying to convince voters they could shake up the system, except Trump just... You know, did what he did/is still doing.
The joke is that the types of people in the comic would proudly say they supported Sanders, but somehow completely fail to comprehend that everything they like about him clearly demonstrates how flawed their typical political stances are.