So only the Dems that didn't like her are considered the left?
Who even created this? What was the methodology used? Seems to just be a way to say "Bernie's the only TRUE left candidate in the US!"USA needs someone, who is AT LEAST as much to the left on economical issues as bernie to solve its myriad problems
Biden. Born in Scranton, PA. Trump can't win Pennsylvania on a Biden ticket. I'd hazard Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin are not winnable for him as well. Obviously he'll have Obama campaigning for him more wholeheartedly than he did with Clinton. I get that people want a massive shift to the left, ideally I'd want that to, but my immediate goal is taking trust away from this administration. I have zero trust or as close to zero as you can get in the American electorate doing the right thing and electing a left of Obama Democrat, not unless the economy is in shambles come 2020.
Bernie might have better policies but he's a worst politician and I definitely wouldn't want him running again. Biden would be better.
i created the picture
i created the picture
it's based on the well-established political science concept of separate economical policy and social policy axes
the main criterion i used to make placements on the left-right axis was likely outcome of polices on economical inequality and tax revenue per GDP ratio, as determined by budget proposals
this is how USA compared to other countries in tax/GDP ratio in 2016:
hillary ran on increasing taxes by roughly $50 billionsper year (yes i know, the source is conservative, but if anything that would mean they overstate how much she would increase taxes) per year which is less than half a percentage point of GDP, which means the US under her (and most democratic party candidates') control would still be very much to the right compared to europe
bernie ran on increasing taxes by $1500 billions per year which corresponds to a tax increase of about 8 percentage points of GDP, which would move the US up to about the same level of tax/GDP ratio as the OECD average, which would make USA under bernie centrist on an economical left-right axis compared to europe
500 billions over ten years
Or the 2008 primaries when he stuck his foot in his stupid gob every other week. People like Biden a lot until they have to actually listen to him for an extended period of time
A lot of people felt betrayed when she endorsed Hillary even though it was clear she waited til the very end to endorse the clear and obvious winner.
She did
i updated my post (#208) with a better source so that i linked the TPC for both hillary's and bernie's plan so it would be an apples to apples comparison
What momentum? She's literally stated she has no interest in running for President. You guys build her up and bring her down entirely in your heads without her doing/saying anything
