Bernie won caucuses and lost primaries. He did well in Iowa (where I lived at the time), but who the fuck cares what Iowa wants in a presidential election. Don't let little states early determine who gets to the states that actually win or lose elections.
I lived and voted in Ohio from 1988 through 2012 presidential primaries and elections. Not once did the Ohio primary matter to who won the Democratic nomination. But whenever democrats lost Ohio in those general elections, we lost the presidency. i HATED the primary because my vote did not matter -- it was already decided when it got to me. Make every state that normally votes republican and tiny states (less than 8 ellectoral college votes) go to the end of the line in primaries.
Get rid of all caucuses. They reward candidates who do really well with people who don't have anywhere to be on a rando weeknight with limited parking (seriously, I parked one mile away from the jr high was for the 2016 caucus)
Yes, push out the old guard because they have largely played nice and not done enough.
The party needs to push for what people want
1. Fully fund social security (get rid of the cap on high earners)
2. Make the rich pay their fair share (individuals and companies)
3. Make health care affordable
4. Keep energy prices down as much as possible (ideally cheap reliable internet like the rest of the industrialized world as well)
5. Provide the services that we need on time (schools, roads, weather response, etc)
ideally we would break up oligopolies and promote real competition because that would drive costs down because the three chicken suppliers and 5 grocery chains that control 95% of the market couldn't raise prices because of some disaster and leave them there forever gouging prices long term because they should have to compete with each other.
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