No, Bernie Sanders Would Not Have Beaten Trump

The Huffington Post ^ | December 15, 2016 | Marcus Johnson

[2ndDivisionVet]

By now, who hasn’t heard a Bernie supporter or surrogate claim that Sanders would have won the election against Donald Trump? The Sanders wing of the Democratic Party has developed a narrative that the Democratic Party was held back by Hillary Clinton. They claim that she was fatally flawed, that the DNC stole the nomination from Sanders, and that the ever so coveted white working class voter dislodged by globalization will never again vote for corporate interests.

Of course, this narrative ignores the facts—that despite Clinton’s supposed flaws, she easily defeated Sanders in the primary via the pledged delegate count, that Sanders inability to convince minority voters doomed his campaign for the nomination, and that the attempt to use superdelegates to override the popular vote was an undemocratic power grab.

And the white workers whose supposed “hate for corporate interests” led them to vote for Trump? They don’t seem upset that Trump has installed three Goldman Sachs executives in his administration. They don’t seem to be angry that Trump’s cabinet is the wealthiest in US history. And we haven’t heard any discontent from the white working class over Trump choosing an Exxon Mobil CEO for Secretary of State.

The devil is in the details, and at first glance, it is easy to see why so many people can believe that Bernie actually would have won. He got a great deal of positive media coverage as the underdog early on, especially with Republicans deliberately eschewing attacks on him in favor of attacks on Clinton. His supporters also trended younger and whiter, demographics that tend to be more visible in the media around election time. A highly energized and vocal minority of Sanders supporters dominated social media, helping him win online polls by huge margins....

[lowtaxsmallgov]

Kaine was the strangest decision, he brought absolutely nothing to the table. I was expecting for sure one of the Castro bros (no, no, not those Castro bros, the other ones).

Obama won with unprecedented black support. There was no way that was going to happen again for Jaillary, and she didn’t replace the loss.

[Mean Daddy]

Most of what I would call or consider “honest” Democrats are PO’d that Sanders was squeezed out of the nomination and are praying that Trump’s administration continues the investigation into her foundation lest she try to run again in 2020. A lot of them plugged their noses when they voted for her similar to what Republicans did with Romney, Dole and McCain.

[Rad_J]

Kaine earned the VP role by fixing it for Hillary by filling all the Superdelegate spots with Hillary Supporters. He was DNC chair in 2008 and she hired him right after her loss to fix it for her and kneecap any other Dems that might be a threat. The media never questioned why all the superdelegates went so heavy for Hillary because they already knew the fix was in.