Will Sanders run as a third party candidate if he doesn't win in the primaries?

[Mr.Bill]

I'm worried he will do just that.

[DrToast]

1. No

He won’t.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. No. He has already said that he will support Biden if he is the nominee.

[hlthe2b]

3. I wonder what percent of his ardent (yet intensely anti-Trump) supporters would stay with him

if he did? I know there are the "my way or the highway and damn the consequences" voters, but surely not all are like Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore?

[hay rick]

4. No, he's still beating his wife.

[TwilightZone]

5. No.

It would look hypocritical to spend the entire campaign talking about the existential threat that Trump poses, then make it more difficult for us to get rid of him.

[RandiFan1290]

6. lol

[Jirel]

7. Oh please.

Stop looking for silly things to worry about.

[W_HAMILTON]

8. He knows he can't win as a third party candidate.

Furthermore, his book sales would plummet if he were to do that.

If he wants to damage Democrats and the Democratic Party and usher in another four years of Trump, he's already shown that he and his supporters can do that just fine without him running as a third party candidate.

[NCProgressive]

9. It will be near impossible

He signed an agreement that he won't do that

and

"sore loser" laws will preclude him from being on the ballot in a lot of states like Michigan. In other states, the deadline for filing as independent is the same as the deadline for filing in any party's primary. So Sanders would have missed the deadline to file as an independent.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. No.

But Tulsi Gabbard will.

[Mr.Bill]

12. I honestly think

she would take more votes from Trump than from Biden.

[Moderateguy]

16. This

At this point you pretty much have to be deaf and blind to not know what Tulsi stands for--she only appeals to Trump's base (and I do not see them abandoning him for her)

[aikoaiko]

11. No which undermines that Bernie is tearing down the Democratic party narrative.

He could devastate the GE if he wanted. No chance of winning, but all he would need is 10%.

And he won't do that.

[pampango]

13. No but there are plenty of conservatives and Russians who will suggest that he might.

Anything to create dissension within the Democratic Party thus weakening the opposition to Trump and the GOP. Trump's numerous tweets bemoaning the treatment of Sanders by the DP is another example of their goal of creating dissension. It's what conservatives do.

[demmiblue]

14. FFS

[MineralMan]

15. That would be an extraordinarily foolish thing to do.

[NurseJackie]

17. I think it's a strong possibility.

But it remains to be seen.