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He needs to run third party. His supporters are enthusiastic about him, while Hillary voters are grudgingly voting for her out of blind allegiance to the bloated corporation that is the democrat party.
So I vote 'never'.
Well, you want him to run third party since that is one of the few possible ways Trump wins. It won't happen though. So let's keep this in the real world.
While some votes are still counted, the result is determined. Clinton will win the democratic nomination, beating Sanders by every imaginable metric. However, Clinton did not get enough pledge delegates to win without a few super-delegates. This is a formality, as the super-delegates will support Clinton at the convention. So when does Sanders concede? Poll incoming.
He won't until Hillary makes the platform concessions he's asking for; he's going to contest this until she commits to policy compromise with his sizable ~43% minority of the Dem party or the nomination is officially won, as he should.
There's no way Hillary will will ever compromise, though.
Then it's going to be a very drawn out nomination process.
There's no way Hillary will ever compromise, though.
Why would she? Sanders has no leverage. Worst he can do is be a nuisance, and she still will probably win in November. Sanders has been offered some nice thinks, he will have some people on the platform committee. Not enough to take over, not enough to force any changes, but that is a lot more than he could have had(remember, he lost, and not by a little bit), and more than he probably will have if he does not cooperate. So why would the winner then give in to the loser?
To retain his supporters and not risk losing to Trump? To say that Sanders has no leverage whatsoever is both inaccurate and foolhardy; if that were true, 43% of the party wouldn't be behind him.
History shows that most of his supporters will end up supporting her.
I pity the person who trusts in precedent this electoral cycle. Further, even if most do, depending on the percentage, that may not be enough.
It is already happening. Clinton outperformed polling today.
Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign will lay off at least half of his presidential campaign staff on Wednesday, following the last multi-state primaries on Tuesday night.
Read more: Sanders campaign to lay off massive numbers of staff - POLITICO
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