# Tell me again why Bernie Sanders isn't electable?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 8, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-again-why-bernie-sanders-isnt-electable/722014 "2015-06-08T22:36:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-again-why-bernie-sanders-isnt-electable/722014/11 "2015-06-09T03:29:34Z")

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You have to go where the votes are. And by definition, they’re in the middle. The Democrats have been winning national elections by running centrist candidates not liberal ones.

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