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Bernie came close while simultaneously getting sandbagged at every opportunity by the DNC. If he'd gotten the same kind of attention as Hillary, there's a very good chance he would have won.
DNC is only the party of progress because there isn't another viable party that's better at it. It's up to us to push them to the left, because they're really bad at doing it themselves. NYC proved that it's possible; I only hope it mobilizes the rest of the left-leaning populace to take similar action. Vote blue and do what you can locally to enact change.
I repeat, he did lose by over 3 Million Votes. Supposed, uncoroborated, sandbagging aside, Hillary was the more popular candidate.
You're not pushing the party left by telling everyone they're an unviable bunch of corporate shills, you're just convincing people not to vote for them and letting Republicans win.
"Supposed" sandbagging... Right, OK fella.
Okay so you're saying the reason Hillary won 16 Million to 13 Million is because a couple of people behind closed doors said something kind of mean about him once? And how exactly did the millions of DNC voters hear about this and coordinate their votes accordingly, all secretively?
No, that's not at all what I'm saying.
I'm saying the DNC is supposed to be a neutral facilitator of primary elections, but were going out of their way to undermine the Sanders campaign by coordinating with donors and feeding stories and unflattering details of his campaign to reporters.
Could the impact of that interference be measured by some quantity of votes? Decidedly not. But did it have some impact? Almost certainly.
At the very least, the Sanders campaign was having to fight against the committee and put out fires they were starting, while they were supposed to be facilitating a 'fair' primary election. Even giving preferential treatment to one candidate over another calls into question the legitimacy of that primary.
The DNC is not a government entity, it is a private institution, it does not need to be impartial, but it's election was an honest one which did not manipulate votes or prevent Bernie Sanders from running.
Lmao, "they're a private institution they can do what they want"
I accept your resignation from the argument, better luck next time.