Nah, I'm in favor of complete public financing for elections, but until that happens, I think the idea that a rich person can't support a progressive agenda is completely against the history of the country.
No, actually, it's the incumbency and institutional support, Lewboski. Kevin DeLeon ran against Feinsteinn last cycle, was an ardent left winger, got tons of money, tons of Internet support, and at the end of the day, in the general, Feinsteinn rolled over him, with the strongest support for the leftist challenger to DeLeon coming from...Republicans.
All actual polling of non-voters show they're only a tick to the left of the voting population, but also, the vast vast majority of them are either completely apathetic or completely turned off to politics for reasons far beyond a leftist campaign would be able to do. There is no secret cadre of socialists waiting for the revolution, but otherwise, not getting involved in politics/
Also, I'm going to note that the only candidate in 2016 to actually turn out large numbers of former non-voters wasn't Bernie, since ya' know, the 2016 Democratic Primary had lower turnout than the 2008 primary that involved neoliberal sellout corporate shill Barack Obama, but Donald Trump, who turned out new voters in the primary and general election, who were enthused about his open racism and sexism.
Well, if by "minorities", you mean "leftist minorities who support the same things you do," not say, former civil rights heroes who were attacked as neoliberal shills for daring to endorse Hillary and in the most terrible crime of all, not remembering Saint Bernard of Vermont marching for civil rights, ya' know, before he went off to a commune in 99% white Vermont to not work til he was 40.
