Hillary Clinton has secured the nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for President. President Obama and the very progressive Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren have also publicly announced their support for Hillary Clinton.

Super delegates don't vote until July, but most of them have very close ties to the Clinton Democratic establishment, so they seem like the last people that would throw their support for Sanders, other than Republicans.

But his revolution lives on. Several congressional candidates are running with progressive platforms inspired by Sanders. Because of his revolution, his ideas have become mainstream, and people all over the country will be pushing for drastic changes in our government, even if Sanders does not become president.

Personal side note, I've been a huge Bernie Sanders fan since I was 15. I always checked YouTube to see what he was speaking in the Senate about, and I followed his Senate Twitter as well. So turning on the television back in May of 2015 and seeing headlines of Bernie announcing his candidacy, was truly a dream come true for me. And although he didn't win, his campaign still taught me a few lessons along the way.

1. Focus on the issues.

This seems like it should be a no-brainer. But mainstream media has made this difficult. Policy is very serious, and engaging in discussion is important. But often times cable news channels from all sides of the political spectrum have turned serious issues into forms of entertainment. Because of that, many Americans aren't as aware about what's going on as they should be.

I was caught in this same trap, but Bernie Sanders taught me to focus on the issues. I'd say the exact moment of this revelation came when Sanders told Hillary that the people were "sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails."

And he's right. Of course personal character and ethics is important in politics, but from my observations, many people have shifted their focus entirely to ethics and away from policy details.

Now, I've learned to focus mainly on issues. Hillary Clinton? Yeah, some of her actions concern me but let's talk about her infrastructure plan. Donald Trump? Of course some of the things he said are outrageous and must be condemned, but let's also talk about his tax plan. Strip away the noise, and focus on the ideas.

2. We truly are all in this together

When asked on CNN about his religious faith, Bernie replied with this:

"I’ve believed (this) in my whole life."

That we are in this together — not just words. The truth is at some level when you hurt, when your children hurt, I hurt. I hurt. And when my kids hurt, you hurt. And it’s very easy to turn our backs on kids who are hungry, or veterans who are sleeping out on the street, and we can develop a psyche, a psychology which is [I don’t have to worry about them; all I’m gonna worry about is myself; I need to make another 5 billion dollars]."

I fully agree with that. There are many different issues you can apply that thinking to, but I can provide one for the sake of example:

If millions of Americans are poor, I am to a certain extent, also suffering because of this. If the poor had access to things like higher wages, college education, healthcare, they'd have more money in their pockets to spend. When they come in the store and spend that money, the store gets more revenue, and I get a raise. So to be quite literal, Bernie is right. We are in this together.

3. I am not alone.

I'm not ashamed to say that my political views are much more liberal than the average population. But for a while I was. Although not everyone is as left leaning as I am, I realized that there was more common ground than I thought.

Though he started as a fringe candidate, some of Bernie's ideas made their way into the mainstream. Some of these ideas include fully funded (free) public college education, fully funded public healthcare system, much higher taxes than we have today, and reducing income inequality.

Thanks to this amazing campaign, I sound a little less insane when I talk politics.

4. Stick it to the man.

Before this campaign, my father and I would occasionally talk politics. I approached our conversations with a firmly liberal point of view, and one of my main talking points was the fact that corporate money in politics is bad for the system.

But my father made me acknowledge what I thought was the reality. And that is that money rules the world. Wall Street donors are the boss, and whether you like them or not, you need them to win campaigns. That's politics. And because both parties were taking hay bales of corporate donations, I accepted what my dad was telling me as truth.

And then Bernie ran for President, received well over a hundred million donations from small donors.

On top of donations, Bernie also railed against Wall Street demanding to break up the big banks, regulate them stronger, and tax them. Eat it Wall Street.

Would he have one if he took corporate donations and got cozy with Wall Street? It's very possible. But he stuck to his guns and stood up to them.

5. Wall Street can feel the Bern too

Wall Street stands for everything Bernie despises. But there are people within that system that believe that Bernie is actually the best candidate for Wall Street.

Asher Edelman is a Wall Street banker who's legacy is so successful, the character Gordon Gecko in the 1987 film "Wall Street" was based off of him. And he feels the Bern. Edelman appeared as a guest on a panel on CNBC, and explained that from a Wall Street economic point of view, Bernie is the best guy for the job.

6. It's okay to be yourself

Politics is such a dirty game, plagued by lies, secrets and self interests, that being yourself was believed to be a disadvantage.

But that has been proven to not be the case. Bernie ran as his own, honest self. And it worked. He drew huge crowds, and got millennials excited to participate in the electoral process. This should be a lesson learned not only for politics, but in life. Be yourself, fight for what you believe in.

Thank You Bernie

I'm proud to call myself a supporter of Bernie Sanders. And even though the campaign is coming to a close, his vision lives on in millions of enthusiastic Americans, fighting for economic and social justice.

You didn't win the election Bernie. But you have inspired millions, including myself, to fight for the poor, the weak and the vulnerable. And for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.