than just "Bernie v. Hillary." They represent that faction of Democrats that will excuse and rationalize any bad behavior by a Democrat simply because their political understanding starts and ends with "Blue Team v. Red Team." They have such incredibly low expectations of Democratic candidates that "voting for the lesser of two evils" becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

In this sense, Hillary is a fantastic bellwether - just look at all the absolute crap (IWR vote, private prison industry coziness, warmongering, Wall Street ties, sleazy campaign behavior, etc.) that they are willing to overlook in service of identity politics. That kind of behavior has nearly killed the Party.