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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a lingering question for the outraged Bernie supporters. Why didn't he run as an Independent? If he was popular enough to defeat Hillary, and win the presidency, why didn't he? Also, I'm still trying to figure out how these shenanigans actually affected him. As far as I know, he appeared on the ballot in all 50 states. There was no barrier to voting for him, was there? In my state I know I could have chosen him. I made a different choice.[/quote]

Because running as an Independent is basically the same as a third party...no established national communication network, no publicized convention, less fundraising potential, etc.  Our political system is very unwelcoming to anyone outside of the 2 major parties.  After he lost the primary, I'm sure he believed that helping HRC defeat Trump was the lesser evil because running as an Independent would have surely caused them both to lose to Trump.[/quote]

Oh, I understand the practical realities of running as an Independent. I just resent someone who never functioned within the party, never raised money for the party, never campaigned for others in the party, etc. to have a tantrum because he didn't get the nomination of that party. Again, he appeared on the ballots, got lots of publicity, etc. Nothing prevented voters from choosing him. They didn't. Some people on this thread have claimed that he could have won. He couldn't have. [/quote]

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