If Bernie was the D nominee, does the house flip?

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I see Bernie still triggers insanity in the centrists...

From the data that I have seen, I really don't think that the *only* politician with consistently positive approval ratings out of that field would have somehow been the one who lost the house. The answer you are looking for is Kamala Harris, although I also suspect maybe the crossover voters who Biden actively courted and legitimated prolly had something to do with this year's outcome.

Anyway, factually speaking we know already that the voters who dislike both parties and sit out elections lean left populist. We know that if Bernie was the nominee the party would have to either acquiesce to him or risk permanent irrelevance (which is why they got even Obama and Warren to sabotage his campaign. We also know that the "scary socialist policies" he runs are popular and increasingly resilient to the centrist propaganda campaign to discredit them.

I honestly think that if Bernie were the nominee, we might have an even larger majority. Looks what swing seat Blue Dogger won--the one who supports M4A. The idea that somehow the American people *want* trickle down, neolib, New Democrat policies is demonstrably false. The only reason these politicians ever win is a combo of the Dems using identity politics to improve their brand and the convenient boogeyman Republicans provide. Nobody likes neoliberalism except for know-it-all white boys who post on the internet. As a matter of fact, criticizing it almost got *Donald Trump* elected twice to office, and did get him elected once.

Centrists and liberals are just afraid of what will happen if a competent and sincere critic gets the chance.