2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please explain to me how it is a bad thing for Bernie to stay in through the convention? If Hillary [View all]stopbush
(24,396 posts)just as Bernie is under no obligation to adopt Hillary's ideas. The person that wins the nomination gets to run on their policies. The policies of the person who lost were rejected by a majority of voters. End of story.
As a Hillary supporter, the last thing I want to see is Hillary adopting Bernie's voodoo-economic plans for healthcare. Hillary owes it to her supporters to stick with the sound progressive policies she has put forward.
As far as how she'll do in the GE, she leads Trump by a comfortable margin. Not as large as Bernie's lead, but what's the difference if you beat him by 20 points or 23 points, really? Also, roughly 25% of R women are inclined to vote for Hillary against Trump. Hillary also wins millennials by a wide margin over Trump. Trump needs to get close to 40% of the black vote to have any chance, and that won't happen.
Add it all up and the question isn't whether Hillary wins the GE (she will), it's the length of her coattails. It's those coattails Bernie should be thinking about these days, because that's where he can help the most.