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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Bernie Sanders: ending DACA "one of the ugliest and cruelest decisions ever made" [View all]karynnj
(59,510 posts)Not to mention, HRC herself did not stop running when it was very likely that Obama would be the nominee. She did not stop until after the very last primary.
There is no way you can prove that Bernie lost HRC voters that would have voted for her. In fact, Bernie and his supporters may have won her more people who otherwise would not have voted for her. He became trusted by many people who were not traditionally Democrats. For some, he might have been the only one who could reach them. Obviously, many were not "transferable".
It has been almost 10 months since the election. I serious do not remember anywhere near this many threads in September 2005 claiming that Howard Dean and his supporters cost Kerry the election. PS just as in any election, Dean attacks were used by GWB.
You can blame the media's obsession with Trump, the anger in the country, the fact that people wanted change, Hillary's bad luck in getting pnuemonia (leading to publicly fainting and likely leading to less appearances in the critical last months), Comey's inept actions, Russia/Wikileaks putting out DNC and Podeta stuff, and Hillary Clinton's weak book tour, and her poor handling of the email issue. Given all that, why do you think the critical factor was her primary opponent, who refused to go after her on the email?