Ironically their corruption and rigging of the primaries might have cost them the general. How poignantly delicious.

Yup. They fu[i]c[/i]ked themselves.

[quote]Independents and third party voters probably would have favored him much more over Trump.[/quote] I doubt that. Liberals tend to believe the end justifies the means, as evidenced by the situation with Bernie and the DNC. This may have left a bad taste in people's mouths, but Bernie was too far out there to have done as well as Hillary, anyway, and the DNC knew it. The main reason Hillary lost was because she basically embodied much of what many Americans felt is wrong with this country. The American people haven't been happy with the direction we’ve been heading for quite a while now. The conservative majority had, however, been relatively silent and passive, while the liberals infiltrated our government, the media, our courts, our schools, and our lives, becoming more and more invasive, practically forcing acceptance of their liberal ideologies. Along came Trump and the establishment despised him, the media was against him, nearly all the celebrities were against him, and even many in Trump's own party were against him. They insulted and mocked him and his supporters at every turn. All of this combined to awaken the sleeping giant, so to speak. As Trump took them all on, he never changed, he never apologized, and he never did or said what we believed he should. His supporters had all but resigned themselves to accepting that the machine was unstoppable, that the result had already been decided, and that our voices meant nothing. Even the liberal media and all the celebrities seemed prepared for victory. How wrong we all were lol

Bernie would have been destroyed in the General. Americans don't want universal healthcare, cheap/free college, livable minimum wages, etc.

I always said that Bernie caused excitement on the democrat side the same way Trump did on ours. Anti-establishment won today.

I voted for Johnson. Given the choice between Trump or Sanders, it would have been easily sanders

His candidacy would have allowed some focus to be brought onto Trumps corruption and long list of scandals. I know Trump supporters who are blissfully unaware of any of them. In comparison they wouldve been night and day.

Are we conveniently forgetting that Bernie urged people to vote for Clinton?

Bernie would have been worse. He would have had the stoners and college kids behind him. But Hilary just had a much larger fan base. PC culture was a ready for a female president. But I don't support either of them. #TrumpTrain #ComingThrough #LeavingLiberalsBehind #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #Re-ElectTrump2020 #DoneWithTheClintons #KeepTheClintonsOut #TearsOfJoy #HappyTrumpDay #ProudChristian #God'sWill #'Murica

I wish it was Bernie instead of Hillary.

In 2012 the RNC sabotaged Ron Paul's campaign in the primaries. Romney was fully endorsed. Romney lost. In 2016 the DNC sabotaged Bernie Sanders campaign. Hillary was fully endorsed. Hillary lost. Some folks just can't learn from other's mistakes.

If it had been Bernie, I doubt this would have been close at all (in Bernie's favor).

Bernie states were Michigan and Wisconsin, oh how I love that those went to Trump.

Only difference would have been Sanders would have lost the popular vote as well.

No, only Socialists and welfare recipients favored Bernie. I still would have voted for Johnson.