Bernie would have won is a popular meme that emerged after the 2016 United States Presidential election ended in Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The meme refers to the belief that Bernie Sanders would have become president after a hypothetical election between him and Donald Trump,[10] a belief based on both polls and conjecture.[11][12] The validity of these claims has been disputed.[13] Sanders has mostly avoided commenting on the speculation.[14] The phrase is a rallying cry for those who believe the Democratic Party is a sinking ship.[15] Writing for the Huffington Post, Civil Rights Attorney Noah Baron suggests the "the meme alone is significant: An indictment of the Democratic party establishment. And, just as in the general election, the centrist Democratic Party establishment has failed to grasp the essence of the meme."[16]
Supporters of this perspective point towards the actions of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the primaries, and the role they played in supporting Clinton instead of staying neutral. Daily Kos estimated the difference to be 184 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, which would have been more than enough to erase Clinton's lead.[17]
"There’s good reason to suppose that Sanders would have won the nomination had it not been for shenanigans of the Obama-Clinton party managers. He is now the most popular political figure in the country by a large margin."
Bernie Sanders that he would have won the Democratic Party nomination if it weren’t for the “corrupt” Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Political commentators like Lee Camp,[20] Jimmy Dore,[21] Sam Seder,[22] and Bill Press[23] have explored the subject. Sanders has his own podcast that has become popular.[7]
Broader speculation about the subject, suggesting the end of either or both major American political parties, or the credibility of the media has been damaged by the end results of the 2016 Presidential Campaign including by Anis Shivani in AlterNet, republished by the Huffington Post.[24]
References edit
- ^ Branko, Marcetic (8 November 2017). "Yesterday Was a Good Day". Jacobin. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Democrats can't win with Bernie Sanders—or without him". 24 May 2018.
- ^ "The Night When Bernie Was President".
- ^ "Bernie Sanders "would have won" and Bernie bros are a myth, says campaign manager in new book".
- ^ "Hillary Clinton Confronted By Protester Who Declares 'Bernie Would Have Won' - Big League Politics". 16 October 2017.
- ^ Zengerle, Jason. "Opinion - Who Can Beat Trump in 2020?".
- ^ a b CNN, Gregory Krieg,. "Bernie Sanders, as explained by reviews of his new podcast".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ CNN (21 April 2017). "Democrats' 'unity tour' is highlighting party's many divisions".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Weigel, Brandon. "Martin O'Malley is being really clowny with all these 2020 gestures".
- ^ Tilford, Julia (22 December 2016). "The "Bernie Would've Won" meme: What is it, where did it come from and is it true?". Mic.com. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ deBoer, Fredrik (10 November 2016). "Hillary Clinton lost. Bernie Sanders could have won". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Resnick, Gideon (31 October 2017). "Trump's Pollster: Bernie Would Have Won". The Daily Beast.
- ^ Levitz, Eric (23 February 2017). "Can Democrats Move Left – and to the Suburbs?". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Lynch, Conor (5 May 2017). "Yes, Bernie would probably have won – and his resurgent left-wing populism is the way forward". Salon.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ Dwilson, Stephanie Dube (25 March 2017). "Birdie Sanders Anniversary: One Year Later, Bernie Voters Worry Democrats Are Sinking Ship".
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 86 (help) - ^ Baron, Noah (9 February 2017). "Why "Bernie Would Have Won" Matters".
- ^ "Election Justice USA Study Finds that Without Election Fraud Sanders Would Have Won by Landslide".
- ^ "Opinion - Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union".
- ^ "Cruz Says Bernie Would Have Won If It Wasn't For 'Corrupt' DNC [VIDEO]". dailycaller.com.
- ^ Redacted Tonight (24 January 2018). "Without Election Fraud, Bernie Would Have Won By Landslide" – via YouTube.
- ^ The Jimmy Dore Show (23 May 2017). "Chomsky "Bernie Would've Won"" – via YouTube.
- ^ The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder (1 April 2017). "The Michigan County That Proves Bernie Would Have Won" – via YouTube.
- ^ Evans, Garrett (19 April 2018). "Bill Press reflects on Clinton, Sanders and a life in politics".
- ^ Shivani, Anis (14 November 2016). "Is This The Death Of The Democratic Party? The Death Of The Liberal Media? And By The Way, Bernie Would Have Won".
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