I don't believe Bernie would have beaten Trump.  Even though Hillary and co. meddled with the already corrupt process of the Democrat primary which involves superdelegates, she still beat him outright in more contests than not and had a significant popular vote advantage over him.  Just because most Democrats are far left doesn't mean they all are and would support someone like Bernie.  I just find it very hard to believe that an admitted socialist running on a socialist platform could reach 270 electoral votes in this country.  Admittedly, it's apparent that Bernie would have gotten a decent amount of electoral votes, something that probably wasn't possible 20+ years ago.

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