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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • What if I told you it was also about manipulating voter opinions.

    Like how the superdelegates were all pledging their votes to Hillary way ahead of the first primaries. Or how the DNC pushed Hillary over Bernie, as was clear in the Debbie W.S. leaked DNC emails. Also, the widespread pressure from party darlings on Bernie to drop out.

    Messaging from the media was to blame as well. This was reflected in:

    • Lack of coverage of the polling that showed the better margin of success in a Bernie v. Trump matchup against a Hillary v. Trump matchup. This one is especially egregious, in my opinion, since a lot of the Hillary supporters I personally knew voted for her in the primaries because they assumed she had a better chance of winning.

    • Lack of coverage about Bernie’s higher popularity with independent voters in polls.

    • Widespread reporting when Hillary decided to label Bernie supporters as basement dwellers.

    • Hillary accused Bernie of being sexist and the media did terrible due diligence.