2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]Cary
(11,746 posts)The middle of what?
Sanders himself wasn't the entire campaign. He is not a Democrat. I am not sure whether or not he was trying to lead a "revolution" but I am not in his head or his heart. I can only say that he didn't exactly distance himself from that mentality, and ultimately he had no real path. So the net effect of that was to sow a lot of discord and discontent about Democrats and Hillary Clinton herself. In effect they aided and abetted the "conservative" disinformation.
And that's just no way win anything. It's a way to divide and conquer. To what extent did that cause the loss? You have to look at the bigger picture. I'm sure enough people were turned off to create the razor thin margins in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Further it clearly helped to energize others.
I'm making general statements here based on my own speculation, but I'm on pretty solid ground I think in saying that your statement was overly simplistic.