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[–] Proeliator 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

I have only been on Voat a few days, but my impression seems to be that it is less liberal than Reddit. Sanders is a self described socialist. He's farther to the left than any other politician I can think of, as far as I know. Honestly, I haven't researched him much because from the little I have heard from him I know I won't support him. They probably just aren't as many people that are interested in him here.

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[–] Melbourne43 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Same here, only been here a week or so too. So your impression is that Voat is more conservative than Reddit? That's not good news for me, One of the big changes on Reddit that drove me away was how mainstream and less progressive it was seeming to become.

There just seems so much about Sanders that I would have thought was grist for the mill for a forum like this. He looks like the political embodiment of the 1% movement. Corporate interests in US politics seems like a huge issue, he's alone in voicing objection to that. He's Jewish, is that an issue, I have no idea? Have you ever had a Jewish president? He's really old and non-typical looking for a presidential candidate. Is he too old? Maybe I'm getting carried away with his chances, but studying the Google Trends, he went past Hillary recently which I thought was interesting.

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[–] Proeliator 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

My impression of Voat is completely anecdotal and probably not the most informed, I unsubscribed from r/politics a long time ago because it seemed as though any opinion or idea expressed that was not liberal or progressive would be downvoted and ignored. I might very well be completely wrong about it.

I don't think being Jewish would be an issue for him. If it was a Republican Jew you might have some leftwing pundits talking about blind support for Israel but I don't think it would really matter much. As for the (I'm assuming you meant google) trends, keep in mind name recognition. Hillary has been a public figure since the early 90's, longer than people who will be able to vote for her have been alive, no one needs to google and find out who she is. Bernie Sanders is a name I don't think would be widely recognized outside of Vermont or people who follow politics very closely.