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Yes, Bernie Sanders is Electable.
Now here’s why.
There have been a wide variety of narratives surrounding Bernie Sanders that the mainstream media outlets love to peddle. Whether it be that he’s too angry, too consistent (yes, they view that as a problem), too extreme, or too old, they certainly have not failed to come up with new, “unbiased” critiques in a search of one that will stick.
Out of all of their criticisms, there is one that I and many other Sanders supporters find particularly irritating, and that concerns his “electability”. The idea that he can’t win a general election has been a constant drumbeat since the beginning of his first presidential campaign, and I suppose it’s no surprise that with Trump in office this concern has only intensified among those who spout it.
But here’s the thing: poll after poll after poll has shown Bernie annihilating Donald Trump in general election head to head matchups, and that’s been the case since the first time he ran.
Bernie Sanders is electable. As much as those who don’t want him to win would like you to believe otherwise, there is no denying that Bernie Sanders would do incredibly well as the nominee. In fact, I would argue he’d do even better than the polls indicate, as he has a history of that as well. But it’s one thing to just say that he’s electable. We must also explain why.
