I feel like the biggest problem with the way these things are approached is that it ' s all about the cult of personality . It ' s all about Trump is a racist not Trump is going to enact legislation that will set civil rights back by decades . The problem with personalities is that motivations can always be disputed . Trump can always dismiss accusations of racism by saying I love the Mexican people . The truth is that personal motivations and personalities don ' t matter . Policies matter . And I ' m concerned that the focus on Sanders is the flip side of this . Progressives rallied behind Tulsi way harder than they should have simply because she dropped out to support Sanders . And Sanders is not going to be around for much longer , let ' s be honest . I ' m glad that Sanders has played such an integral part in getting progressive ideas out in front of the public and proving that progressives can be the base of the Democratic party . And he ' s a pretty brilliant tactician who knows how to empathize with his oppenents ' base and harness their pain . But if this movement continues to rely so heavily on Sanders it ' s going to collapse with his inevitable death . I understand that personalities always have been and will continue to be a major influence on how politics plays out . And obviously I ' m not saying we should ignore voting records and things like that . But I ' d really like to see more emphasis on policy , more emphasis on grassroots work , more emphasis on organizational politics , and since personalities are inevitable , at least a more diversified approach to who those personalities are rather than Sanders V Trump . I don ' t know . Just my 2 cents .