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About the only way we’re going to actually have a democracy is if they consistently lose elections. That’s going to mean volunteering, donating, and actually turning out to vote
That had nothing to do with his popularity.
… It had literally everything to do with his popularity. Are people able to vote for who they want or not? Did not Bernie give Hilary a run for her money.
Did almost every average Democrat still vote for Hilary instead of Bernie? Did young people still not vote for him?
All of it yes. Blame Hildawg having so much political influence, more experience at the presidential level, and money particularly with the democratic establishment as much as you want, it’s literally part of political capital and knowing when to use it.
Bernie didn’t run against Biden after. Bernie didn’t try to get on VP ticket for either. I voted for him every chance I got, which was exactly once. He even won nearly everywhere that wasn’t populous.
He “lost” the primary because Hillary controlled the superdelegates. They are beholden to the party, not the choice of the people.
Bernie was ultimately defeated by superdelegates, not by people voting in the primaries.