| Shadow1980 said: Damn it. When will Bernie Bros. realize that he lost because he simply didn't have as much popular support as Hillary did? Polls showed Hillary with a solid lead throughout most the primaries. By time the polling gap closed (which it did only temporarily), it was already April, and by that point Hillary already had an insurmoutable lead in the vote total and pledged delegate count. If the primaries all took place in mid-April, Bernie might have squeaked out a narrow victory, but that's not how primaries are held. Bernie's share of the vote is entirely consistent with the polling data, and there's no evidence that either was rigged. And I'm saying this as someone who voted for Bernie in the primaries (but had enough sense to vote for Hillary in the general election because "Bernie or Bust," especially in the face of the prospect of getting Trump for president, was obviously a fucking stupid sentiment).
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As a "Bro" who supported Bernie, I never thought the vote count was wrong or illegitimate. However, the massive advantages Clinton had from the party and backers that carried a weak candidate to the most embarassing loss in modern presidential history. Look at the polls now. Sanders is the most popular politician in the country, while Clinton polls as poorly as Trump.
The Democrats have been content to be the whipping party of Washington Generals to the Republicans Harlem Globetrotters. If they don't change they will blow 2018 and 2020 as well even though they have popular support on nearly every major policy position. I'm not worrie dabout the past, it is done, but I am concerned no lessons were learned and that Medicare for all will be a dream deferred for another decade in the US.
