Interesting diary on DK about AA voting patterns

[wildeyed]

24. There was a lot I liked about that article.

But my impression has been that blacks do know about him, and as a result, many choose not to vote for him. That it is a well informed choice.

He has been very, very clear that he will prioritize income inequality issues over ballot access and civil rights issues. Any experienced political watcher knows that a politician only has so much political capital to spend. And he very clearly told voters where his would be spent. Some black voters were persuaded by his reasoning, but many were not.

I know that as a white voter who highly prioritizes ballot access and civil rights issues, I understood what Sanders was saying. Pretty sure that black voters picked up on it too.

Politics is a bitch. It ALWAYS requires compromise. Sanders will not compromise his core beliefs, which is what his base loves about him. But it made it impossible to expand his coalition or change his messaging. And I said that this would be his downfall from the beginning. That and the fact that he was really an activist, not a true politician. Oh well....