2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders would have beaten Trump. Period. [View all]still_one
(92,060 posts)establishment incumbent republican win, and that includes those candidates that Sanders actively campaigned with.
In spite of the FBI interference, at least 10% of Sanders supporters refused to vote for Hillary in the primaries, and some polls have even higher numbers.
If Sanders won the nomination, Clinton supporters would have been there for him in the general, especially with Trump, the reverse was not true, and that made all the difference.
If Sanders had won the nomination, and 10% of the Hillary supporters refused to vote for him, he would have lost also
Incidentally, some polls indicated that it could have been up to 50% of Sanders supporters who didn't vote for Hillary.
Either way, thanks to the third parties, and those Sanders supporters who refused to vote for Hillary. They were as much responsible for trump's win as the FBI's interference, and the media falsehood about that "reopened FBI investigation", or the LIE that an "indictment was pending with the Clinton Foundation"
and since this had a cast of many, let's not forget the fake news that Facebook, and other social media outlets refused to block because they didn't want to anger the right wing.
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-didnt-block-fake-news-because-of-conservative-right-wing-sites-report-2016-11
This is about it for me. I have pretty much had it with DU since the admins in their infinite wisdom think it is valuable to rehash the primaries.
Frankly, that isn't how you unite people to work together, all that accomplishes is Monday morning quarterbacking, and recriminations.