2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What I'd like to say to anyone who likes Bernie best but is afraid he's unelectable... [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Most of those that didn't like Bush voted for Clinton.
Perot's big issue that both of the other two parties and candidates SUPPORTED was NAFTA, and he talked authoritatively as a business leader who was pretty knowledgeable about that issue more than anything else.
Bernie will get the anti-TPA/TPP votes which AGAIN, the corporatist parts of both parties support and increasing numbers of people absolutely HATE, since it is one of the biggest threats to our system of democracy that we've had over the years. And people are in general even more fed up with corporate power that is responsible for an even deeper economic rift than was in the economy when Perot ran. He is also viewed as one of the few candidates who have consistently been honestly against this influence throughout his political career too, and someone voters can look more to believe in. Obama is another reminder of another president that has broken many promises and worked more for corporate interests than the people, despite his promises to bring about "hope and change".
The corporate powers spending money this time around will actually have a backlash by voters who perceive that those who depend on money from big donors as being bought and that being reviled moreso than perhaps since the FDR era by people of all parties. Bernie's the one candidate that most people see as rejecting that BRIBERY money (and I do consider it bribery, even though a lot of the bribery crimes have been "legalized" by those that have been bribed to do so.
People are sick of the 1% running our economy as was demonstrated by the Occupy movement, and the fact that both parties of today are even LESS capable of putting criminals that have been engaged in fraud in prison than even the Reagan administration was responsible for doing when his administration handled the Savings and Loan Crisis of his day.
The more the campaigns move in to ground games in each state, Bernie will surge in each of them as he has already in places like New Hampshire, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
PEOPLE ARE MORE FED UP WITH CORPORATE RULE than they were in the time when Perot was getting those votes.