2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAfter all this is over and Sanders heads back to Vermont to be Senator
how long do you think it will take before he changes his party affiliation back to "Independent" or "Democratic Socialist"?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... assuming that he runs at all.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)and that's not easy to do.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)cause he should walk out of the convention with some power within the democratic party.
That power wouldn't translate as well if he changes his affiliation again.
inchhigh
(384 posts)want to go back to being a Senator after 8 years in the White House. He'll be pretty old by then.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Principles are more important than parties. I'll be changing mine back, and voting for the candidates with the best principles.
TSIAS
(14,689 posts)No matter whether he calls himself a Democrat, Republican, or a Whig, all that matters is how he votes for leader and which party he caucuses with.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
Mike Nelson
(9,990 posts)... he would remain a Democrat, and be a great one! Recent speeches have him referencing "the Democratic Party" like it's something he's against. Also, to win in Vermont, he runs as an Independent. I say he bolts.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Does his independent record show him voting a lot for GOP policies?