Personally, I feel Sanders didn't have a chance. The fix was in and Sanders was a participant to give the impression there was no fix.
There's no doubt in my mind the DNC anointed Hillary long before the first primary, but I doubt if Bernie was in on the deception. For sure, the millions of voters who cast their ballot for Bernie did so in good faith.
More young people voted for Bernie Sanders than Trump and Clinton combined — by a lot
"It's hard to overemphasize how completely and utterly Sen. Bernie Sanders dominated the youth vote to this point in the 2016 presidential campaign. While Hillary Clinton dominated him among older voters, he dominated her right back among younger voters -- even winning more than 80 percent of their votes in some states against no less than the eventual Democratic nominee."
The DNC has not learned its lesson from losing to Trump. It is working against any progressive challenge to its corporate base in 2018.
"Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer Pressuring Progressive Candidate To Leave Race"
Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer Pressuring Progressive Candidate To Leave Race
"The secretly taped audio recording, released here for the first time, reveals how senior Democratic officials have worked to crush competitive primaries and steer political resources, money, and other support to hand-picked candidates in key races across the country, long before the party publicly announces a preference.
"The invisible assistance boosts the preferred candidate in fundraising and endorsements, and then that fundraising success and those endorsements are used to justify national party support.
"Meanwhile, opponents of the party’s unspoken pick are driven into paranoia, wondering if they are merely imagining that unseen hands are working against them."