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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders voters helped Trump become President [View all]virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)Donna Brazile did cheat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/07/donna-brazile-is-totally-not-sorry-for-leaking-cnn-debate-questions-to-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.84c58d8ec705
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/donna-brazile-wikileaks-cnn.html
DWS tilted the playing field, and it didn't just affect Bernie. That does not mean that I somehow "know" that Bernie would have won the nomination if it was a level playing field. I simply believe that he would have won.
As for the GE loss, every candidate has a unique set of circumstances that they have to deal with.....If they lose, it is always technically their "fault", because they couldn't handle whatever occurred.
Personally though, I think that the "loss" occurred because of the barriers that Republicans place on voting. They do everything in their power to throw people off of the rolls, create long lines in certain districts, create ID checks or implement last minute location changes and precinct consolidations and splits that force the use of provisional ballots. Beyond that, I always worry that I can't really know if vote counts themselves aren't being hacked.