Also, this "grass roots" movement worked best in caucus states with low turnout. (Reply #77)

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Mon Apr 3, 2017, 05:51 PM

LisaM (25,955 posts)

77. Also, this "grass roots" movement worked best in caucus states with low turnout.

It didn't really bring millions more to the polls. In fact, the 2016 caucuses in Washington had far fewer participants than the 2008 caucuses (and both were lower turnouts than the primaries that the state also held both times, but which didn't count).

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Meet Beto O'Rourke, the Berniecrat running against Ted Cruz! [View all]	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	OP
and hope he can kick ted's arse......	a kennedy	Apr 2017	#1
I'd sure like to see a DEMOCRAT run against Cruz.	comradebillyboy	Apr 2017	#2
Bernie doesn't shit on folks	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#4
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Nothing nice to say?	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#14
Yes, tell me all about how...	Adrahil	Apr 2017	#17
Watch and learn	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#18
I watched that....	Adrahil	Apr 2017	#20
Are you for real?	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#53
Unbelievable, isn't it?	Act_of_Reparation	Apr 2017	#63
No kidding	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#66
Yep. Tribalism does us no good in a winner-takes-all system.	Act_of_Reparation	Apr 2017	#78
Yes, he's for real.. Many are	Cha	Apr 2017	#96
Then how is it that one is not allowed to criticise the Independent Senator from VT?	synergie	Apr 2017	#58
Excellent question, synergie..	Cha	Apr 2017	#84
Bernie isn't the problem.	Ken Burch	Apr 2017	#95
There is no disillusionment, merely people who are hearing his words and his	synergie	Apr 2017	#9
some of his supporters sure did. There were plenty of them last year calling Hillary and President	still_one	Apr 2017	#28
And there weren't for Hillary?	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#67
Not even close. You can still view that venom over at JPR, where it is alive and well	still_one	Apr 2017	#70
And you can view the venom here aimed at Bernie	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#72
Hillary was called the "c" word, and every other sexist vulgar term they could come up	still_one	Apr 2017	#74
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Maybe you should put your bias away, because the characterizations used were far worse, and more	still_one	Apr 2017	#76
Tell BS to stop this kind of rhetoric..	Cha	Apr 2017	#85
A deficiency of adulation is not "venom" and yeah, it would be great if the	synergie	Apr 2017	#87
We have Dems who are busting their ass against	Cha	Apr 2017	#42
Don't try to say the party isn't above legit critism	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#68
Don't try to call that legit..	Cha	Apr 2017	#81
Don't take the bait Cha!	JTFrog	Apr 2017	#79
Woo Hoo!	Cha	Apr 2017	#82
o, that would be Maxine Waters, Al Franken, and a few others	obamanut2012	Apr 2017	#91
Beto endorsed Hillary in the primary. Labeling him a "Berniecrat" is a bit of Opportunism by the OP	SaschaHM	Apr 2017	#7
perhaps you may want to read this	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#15
THat still doesn't make him a "Berniecrat". Bernie Sanders didn't just wise up and invent these	SaschaHM	Apr 2017	#24
Bernie didn't invent the term either	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#69
And, Beto O'Rourke isn't one.	Cha	Apr 2017	#83
To his credit, he doesn't USE it either, mostly cause it's a divisive and ridiculous	synergie	Apr 2017	#90
Also, this "grass roots" movement worked best in caucus states with low turnout.	LisaM	Apr 2017	#77
Beto IS a Democrat.	Ken Burch	Apr 2017	#97
I hate to say it but	Sucha NastyWoman	Apr 2017	#3
Except there's one thing....	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#5
The sad epilogue was that Hurd defeated Gallego and was re-elected.	Vogon_Glory	Apr 2017	#60
That district is one of the congressional district found void by the redistricting panel	Gothmog	Apr 2017	#89
A lot of the good ol boys may hate Democrats right now, BUT	Vogon_Glory	Apr 2017	#31
So is he a Democrat? A third party Berniecrat?	lamp_shade	Apr 2017	#8
He's a democrat. THe OP was just being opportunistic with the "Berniecrat" label.	SaschaHM	Apr 2017	#25
Exactly.. argh.	Cha	Apr 2017	#44
That label is a way to emphasize and encourage division. It's cynical and suggests bitterness...	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#51
O'Rourke is great Democrat who likes Hillary.,	Cha	Apr 2017	#43
Berniecrat? Seriously? That's the word you choose?	blogslut	Apr 2017	#10
He should make a point of hitting every county in Texas.	Blue_true	Apr 2017	#11
That is his plan. All 254 counties.	blogslut	Apr 2017	#13
That's what he is is and campaigning on	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#16
Really. He uses that word himself?	blogslut	Apr 2017	#19
I'm sorry you have the problem with the word "Berniecrat"	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#22
When posting on DU, I suggest you take advice from Henri Ducard:	blogslut	Apr 2017	#23
I didn't ask for a White Knight did I?	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#38
It's a turnoff.. especially when we know he likes Hillary.	Cha	Apr 2017	#41
Do you have a problem with the word "Democrat"? It's also been around for a while	synergie	Apr 2017	#62
A candidate who refuses the easiest money and runs more on people power? Sure.	Orsino	Apr 2017	#65
Good! He's got my vote!	ananda	Apr 2017	#12
In blood red states, the Dems need to run blood Blue Dems	Yavin4	Apr 2017	#21
He's a good Democrat who supported our nominee	mcar	Apr 2017	#26
You mean after the GE he didn't switch to independent, like someone I am aware of?	still_one	Apr 2017	#29
Let's put this to rest	FDRsGhost	Apr 2017	#39
Put "bernicrat" to rest.. it's divisive.	Cha	Apr 2017	#40
Absolutely, it's divisive. It's a way of declaring "superiority" ... it divides and weakens us...	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#50
That's right.. "Meet Beto ORourke: A Liberal, Clinton-Loving Congressman	Cha	Apr 2017	#52
He's a smart man, isn't he? Personally speaking...	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#56
I like this Beto O'Rourke... a brilliant Democrat!	Cha	Apr 2017	#57
But he told all those people that he'd remain a Democrat, and run in the future	synergie	Apr 2017	#61
I don't see it in Texas, not statewide. Best of luck!	Alice11111	Apr 2017	#27
Excuse me, but gerrymandering only works for local races	Vogon_Glory	Apr 2017	#32
Thank you!	Alice11111	Apr 2017	#37
Could a Henry Cuellar type Democrat win a Texas US Senate Race if he decided to run?	nkpolitics1212	Apr 2017	#34
Maybe, if people were riled up enough to protest the Repubs	Alice11111	Apr 2017	#35
D e m o crat.	Eko	Apr 2017	#30
Yes please. Anything else is being intentionally divisive.	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#49
Just so you know, O'Rourke endorsed Clinton in the 2016 primaries.	DanTex	Apr 2017	#33
Me too, all of them. However, I want someone who can kick the Rebubs ass to kingdom come	Alice11111	Apr 2017	#36
There is no 'Bernie party' so please stop with 'Berniecrat'. Thanks. nt	Maven	Apr 2017	#45
Amen.	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#48
Great!	panader0	Apr 2017	#46
A registered Democrat who supports Clinton, eh?	LanternWaste	Apr 2017	#47
O'Rourke is a DEMOCRAT, as the actual story correctly stated.	MineralMan	Apr 2017	#54
"Please do not contribute to the breaking up of the Democratic Party." - Thank you so much for that!	NurseJackie	Apr 2017	#55
I hope so, too.	MineralMan	Apr 2017	#59
+1	tammywammy	Apr 2017	#64
Well said thank you for that.	Dem_4_Life	Apr 2017	#71
Some people like the infighting	obamanut2012	Apr 2017	#92
k&r	bigtree	Apr 2017	#73
Berniecrat?	romanic	Apr 2017	#80
Except the gentleman is a Democrat	obamanut2012	Apr 2017	#93
I like him. May donate if Castro doesn't jump into the race.	Tatiana	Apr 2017	#86
I would prefer one of the Castro brothers to Beto	Gothmog	Apr 2017	#88
And he looks like a Chicano Bobby Kennedy!	Ken Burch	Apr 2017	#94
Can we stop arguing technicalities	crazycatlady	Apr 2017	#98

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