i also saw a bunch of pretty heated primaries in the midterms, and whether AOC or Manchin, people lined up when it mattered.

There are a lot of progressive voters and PACs who are going to try and push candidates to the left. That's their right and responsibility as voters. It doesnt' seem to be malicious.

I think worrying about Bernie's constituents at this point is putting the cart before the horse any way. He as a candidate was not particularly divisive in his rhetoric, and even more than that his wave seems to have crested. I voted Bern in the primary last time around, but that doesn't mean i'm riding for him this time around. I want to hear about all the candidates - the good and bad, so i can make an informed decision. The farther away we can get from voting for competing fairy tales, the better off we'll be as a country.