I wonder......how many Bernie supporters stayed home instead of voting for Hillary? Bernie may have split the dem vote without even being in the race.
I think Bernie would have been a much more formidable candidate for two reasons.
1) No matter what you think of his whacked-out politics, most people genuinely seem to like the guy. Conversely few people inspire such gut-wrenching dislike as Hillary.
2) He would have floated a serious proposal for HUGE student loan forgiveness. This in my view is the biggest danger to our ability to pull the country to the right. SO many people are in SO much hock over getting a degree that any serious proposal to forgive this debt will create a massive turnout for that candidate. Including some from surprising sources.