Yellowtail
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I haven't heard this much. She's a shoe in for the nomination, and she's on balance favored in the general, but she's certainly not a lock. A lot can happen in 18 months.That level of confidence is the exact same that had all liberals saying Hilary is a shoe-in. Suddenly when it's used for a real liberal you guys shudder, for no reason at all except brand loyalty (a brand that is toxic to anyone aware of who she actually is and the things she's said/done).
Biden are Warren are trailing GOP candidates nationally and in swing states - Clinton is the one person that is making this a Lean D election instead of a tossup right now.
The logic is that millions of liberals who otherwise stay at home will flood to the polls, in the same way many Republicans believe if they nominate a True Conservative like Ted Cruz millions of evangelicals who sat out recent elections will vote. There's no evidence to bare this out though.Since so many people seem to be paranoid about voter turnout in post-Obama 2016, do the people who legitimately think that Sanders should win the nomination really think that he'll bring more voters to the polls than Hillary?
Because I sincerely doubt it.
Clinton is very popular with every single demographic and ideological constituency of the Democratic party that turn out to vote. It remains to be seen what appeal Sanders has outside of primarily young white men.