Right, which is why I reached out and asked you to clarify rather than assume. I disclosed my baseline assumption because it was based on your past forum posts, so to the extent that you were interested in improving your clarity of communication it could be helpful. After all, communication requires skill on both the speaker and the listener.
This is a great example of a miscommunication, but this time poor listening rather than poor communicating. Saying "Full disclosure, I'm pretty motivated by my anti-Trump sentiment now, so I'd take almost anyone over him." does not necessarily imply that I'm "overcome with anti-Trump hostility," though this accusation is a typical refrain from you, and I think based on your mindset it makes sense you'd paint me in that light. I just wish you'd have asked a question to clarify rather than come to a conclusion with insufficient information...again not unexpected from you. I'm patient with this so it's OK, just thought I'd let you know so you can learn.
To clarify, I should say that at this point I've witnessed so many unacceptable behaviors/actions from this president that, based on my observations of all other people throughout my life I believe that a random person would be preferable to him. That's what I meant by "my anti-Trump sentiment." Obviously there would be some people who would be worse than Trump, but it just doesn't seem likely given the current Democratic candidates. I hope this helps you understand. Let me know if you're still confused.
Would you support more head-to-head polls between him and the other candidates to shed light on this? The recent set that came out showed him beating every other candidate. I hope you're not confusing people not voting for him as opposition rather than them simply voting for another candidate they slightly prefer more. I do agree though, as with Trump in 2016, there are certain parts of the party that might end up being never-Sanders-ers.
Also, at this point Sanders received 41,075 votes in Nevada vs 34,531 for Trump in 2016 primary. In 2016, Trump received 512,058 votes in Nevada in the general election, which means his share of primary voters represented 6.74% of that number. In 2016, Clinton got 539,260 votes in Nevada in the general election, and 41,075 is 7.62% of that. That he under-performed his 2016 number should be no surprise given that there are many more viable candidates now than there were in 2016. I'm not sure how familiar you are with numbers, but hopefully these comparisons make sense to you.
Thank you for being so candid about some of your motivations/positions, though you still haven't mentioned whether you would support Sanders in a one-on-one with Trump. You keep going back to the number of votes Sanders is getting, which actually has nothing to do with whether you'd vote for him over Trump in the general. If you believe that:
- neoliberal oligarchy as the greatest threat to the country
- Big business in all its forms is choking the people and preventing real improvements
- One of its greatest tools is the old classic "Divide and Conquer", which aims to stir up division and get people full of hatred for opposing groups.
Then it seems likely that you'd pick Sanders over Trump. But the only thing you can say about Sanders is that he isn't performing as well in a multi-way primary as he did against Clinton in 2016. Oh well.
Anyways, I hope your family is doing well, and everyone is happy and healthy...I haven't read your blog in a while so I'm not sure if things have gotten better for you or not.