Sanders is either Jewish, Humanist, Atheist (of whatever flavour, let's not get into that), Deist, or "Non-religious," that last of which he seems to be pointing towards with his interviews and discussions.
All of which poll pretty similarly in America, to a greater or lesser extent. Or which do you think would be better, Jewish or Humanist? Which between Deist, if you could even get people to grasp what that means both literally and in the American historical context, or "Non-religious"? Between a Jew and an Atheist, who has a better chance?
And from left field, what if he's Muslim?
At any rate, his religion in a general election amongst a great majority of Americans would be "Not mine." And for the vast majority of whom that actually matters, they're probably not going to vote for the Socialist SJW anyway, are they?
The founding fathers were largely deists, and I think he could actually play that angle. I hope.
I'd love to believe that "not mine" is an oversimplification, but actually it's more like this...
There are fuckers on both sides who will vote for their party. No matter what.
It comes down to the swing voters. The people who actually give a shit, and have open minds.
Among those, I don't think "deist" is a non-starter. His spirituality speeches have focused on inclusiveness, and I think that'll work well with the undecideds.
If he comes out and says he's atheist, that's probably a death knell. But as long as he insists "There is something greater that brings us together", I think he's fine.
Yeah, this year is pratically screaming for a third party to take up the centrist void.
Anyhow, iowa voting starts in less than an hour. Also, CNN has their election center thing up. Does 538 usually do an election center thing?
@descan, I think you mean RIGHT field, as in right wing.
I'm wondering about that. Could...
Could this be the end of the two-party system?
No. The system is perfect at destroying the hope of multiple parties.
But... It might cause another disturbance? And maybe... People will begin to see the 2-party farce for what it is.
It's already started, with the nasty tea-party guys. But now progressives are surging forth.
... Is there ANY chance that, maybe a few cycles from now, we might actually have proper representation?