re: #127 HappyWarrior

I see them constantly say “Well Obama didn’t win state so and so either” and yes it’s true that Obama didn’t win New York or some of the other states that Clinton has won but it’s also true that Obama had a strong base. Bernie’s base? I’m sorry to scoff like this but it’s overwhelmingly white. He could get away with that if he were a Republican but in a party as diverse as the Democrats, he can’t. Michigan was probably the most diverse primary he’s won and that was really close and I think he got aided by some dumb Democrats voting Rubio or Kasich to “stop” Trump.

It’s heavily white, it’s very young, it’s disproportionately male, and it’s only weakly affiliated to any political party or set of beliefs. In other words, it’s not a base any politician or party could reliably build around because of the lack of commitment to any principle.