After drawing a shade over 40% of the delegates (almost 46% if you factor out the super delegates), Bernie Sanders threw his support to the Wall Street funded Hillary Clinton and then left the party. Yes, Bernie is back to being an 'Independent.' What does this say about the Democratic Party? A self-described socialist ran in the Democratic primary, gaining increasing momentum with each new primary. This despite the now exposed efforts by the supposedly neutral DNC to hamper his campaign and boost hers. Bernie said the system was rigged and, thanks to leaked emails, it turns out he was right. Nearly half the party wanted a socialist! And somehow the Republicans are the extremists.
How do the Bernie supporters switch to Hillary? Bernie railed against banks and Hillary has given countless highly-paid speeches to those Wall Street banks. She wasn't threatening them with regulations; she was assuring them that the good times would continue to roll under her administration. Hillary is the system that Bernie opposed. Now that he has left the party, what does that say to his voters? Strategically, if you are the kind of person who wants Bernie's socialist paradise, you are more likely to move in that general direction with Hillary than with Trump. However, if you want to poke a finger in the eye of the establishment that sought to undermine your candidate from the start, Jill Stein is your new candidate. If all the Bernie voters switched to the Green Party, Jill will be in the debates. It would almost certainly result in a President Trump.
Bernie started a revolution and then decided to get off. That is difficult to do. Look how many of his followers considered him a traitor for endorsing Hillary.
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