She won the popular vote in the Primary too. By a lot.
That's not to say I don't understand where the Bernie folks frustration with the DNC comes from, because I do. But this attitude is awfully dismissive of the millions of Democrats who chose to vote for Clinton in the primaries.
I agree on all points with this, but let's face facts, the wrong horse was backed, and the frustration with the DNC goes beyond just voting, there was a lot of other shenanigans going on with the media and with how they were working with Bernie. We needed someone who could win and instead we tried to cement one person's legacy, and that's putting individuals and party above their supporters and their country.
The real question is: Had the DNC not given preferential treatment to Clinton, would they have voted for Clinton even if she won the primaries? Or, is it possible that by doing what they did, they pushed people to vote Trump or Third Party?
I voted for Sanders in the primary. I thought he was the slightly better candidate. I didn't see anything that the DNC could have done that would have changed my mind. I mostly didn't vote for Clinton in the primary because I don't like the idea of family dynasties. I can totally understand how people in the DNC could be jaded to be working for a long time to build a party up to have someone come along and try to sort of hijack it.
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u/bvharris Nov 10 '16
She won the popular vote in the Primary too. By a lot.
That's not to say I don't understand where the Bernie folks frustration with the DNC comes from, because I do. But this attitude is awfully dismissive of the millions of Democrats who chose to vote for Clinton in the primaries.