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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders voters helped Trump become President [View all]virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)1. the biggest is the revealed debate question.....not because the question decided the primary, not only because it was a confirmation of favoritism toward a particular candidate that had already been suspected....but this was actual cheating, which made it worse. Plus, Donna Brazile initially denied that she had done it.
2. and 3. are related to the debates
2. small number of debates, scheduled 8 months later than the debates in 2008. Since only one candidate had name recognition, this had a big impact on all of the lesser known candidates.
3. a ruling by the DNC that local debates that were not sanctioned by the DNC could not be attended by candidates. If they did, they would not be allowed to participate in the sanctioned debates. DWS refused absolutely to add additional debates.
Then later in the process, when Bernie was gaining momentum....when Hillary wanted more debates, suddenly DWS was on board with them.