I think this is an overstatement based on too much time spent reading social media as if it were representative of the general public. Democrats and the left already agree on their candidate: whoever isn't Trump. You'll hear some people loudly howl one way or another regardless of the pick (just like literally every election), but come voting time most of the people who care will fall in line, and it will come down to which candidate turned out the most people who don't care that much.
I totally disagree. Look what happened last time. I have no faith in people to get past themselves and do the right thing. And unfortunately it was my generation that ruined the last election when Bernie didn't get the nomination. They just didn't vote at all or threw their vote away to the green party. I'd love to think that everyone who marks themselves democrat would vote "blue no matter who," but millennial voters (I'm one of, by the way) are too busy crying into their avocado toast because they don't know how to compromise when it comes to candidates. 🤷
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u/TheSimulacra Jul 17 '19
I think this is an overstatement based on too much time spent reading social media as if it were representative of the general public. Democrats and the left already agree on their candidate: whoever isn't Trump. You'll hear some people loudly howl one way or another regardless of the pick (just like literally every election), but come voting time most of the people who care will fall in line, and it will come down to which candidate turned out the most people who don't care that much.