With nearly 33% of Bernie supporters toting “Bernie or Bust,” it’s important to know what that means for this election. No matter who you personally support, this movement has crucial implications in the race.

So what is “Bernie or Bust” all about? If you haven’t noticed, the US population is divided into different political parties–the two biggest and most talked about parties are the Democrats and the Republicans. For the most part, these parties disagree on every major issue and each party rallies together to win the presidential race because of the fear that the other party will win. Right now, we’re in the primary stages of the election: both parties have two major players who states vote for so that they “win” that state in the hopes that the DNC (Democratic National Party) and the GOP (Republican party that chose the most pretentious name possible) will select the most popular candidate. For the DNC, there’s a strong toss up between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, although many people believe that the DNC strongly favors Clinton. On the GOP side, there’s Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Though the voters seem to prefer Trump, the GOP prefers the zodiac killer. In both camps, there is a great divide between the party. Many Democrats that support Bernie Sanders despise Hillary Clinton and refuse to vote for her. There are threats from the "Bernie or Bust" party that they will either vote Trump, write in Sanders (yes, there’s an option to write in a person’s name on the ballot but it’s not a good idea to write in your own name) or simply refuse to vote in the election.

What happens with the Berners? If the DNC chooses Sanders to represent them, the Bernie or Bust-ers will vote for Bernie. That’s a guaranteed 33% of votes cast for him, which is more than Marco Rubio. Every single credible poll predicts that were Sanders to be up against either GOP candidate, he would win. Granted, these polls are predictions and not guarantees. However, it also means that the presidential debates would be actual debates, not the tantrums of the GOP or the mirror that Sanders debates with.

So what happens with a Bust? Flash forward a few months to this scenario: The DNC has chosen Hillary Clinton to run against the GOP’s Donald Trump (or Ted Cruz–I can’t really predict the future and it doesn’t make a difference to the story who she’s running against.) People are gearing up to vote on November 8th and the lines are out the doors, mail-in ballots have been mailed in, everyone is wearing an “I Voted” sticker and yet only 66% of the registered Democrats are in line. In a mathematically easy world, let’s say that every single person who voted picked the candidate that is in their registered party: all the green-house lovers voted Green, all the guests of the Tea Party drank their tea, every elephant Trumped it up and the “Blue No Matter Who-ers" blew their votes to Clinton. *insert innuendo about Bill Clinton*

What does this mean? 100% of the Republicans pick Trump, 66% of the Democrats pick Clinton. The math doesn’t lie: Trump would have more votes than Clinton… by a landslide (33% is the difference between an A and a C with an easy professor). That means that the White House is now the Trump House and our country will be a failed business endeavor in three years, tops.

That means that were the DNC to choose Clinton over Sanders, they would essentially be handing over the country to the Republicans. The debates would be entirely pointless and more pathetic than Justin Bieber trying to get Selena Gomez back. Just imagine Clinton being Trumped with her past.

Don’t believe me? Hillary Clinton’s track record makes Richard Nixon look like he was an outstanding citizen. Repeat after me: "I am not a crook!"

Why is this? Simply put, people don’t trust Clinton. She’s the least trustworthy candidate running in the election. She’s been called a flip-flop, which is incredibly detrimental to any presidential hopeful. Ever hear of John Kerry? We wear jerseys at sports games for a reason–you can’t play for the Broncos and the Raiders at the same time and expect anyone to give you the ball.

Aren’t there people who support Clinton? Absolutely! Otherwise she would have pulled an O’Malley and dropped out by now. She definitely has supporters and voters.

So then why should the DNC pick Sanders? If the DNC picks Sanders, there’d be a shot at White House. Sanders is pulling in Democrats, Independents (friendly reminder that he’s actually an Independent) and Republicans. There are ride or die Berners and we have yet to see a “Clinton or Bust” hashtag. You don’t unify a party when 33% of the people refuse to budge.

Then wouldn’t the Busters be to blame? Sure! You can look at it that way–feel free. I don’t dictate your life. But here’s the issue: when there’s only one Democratic nominee on the ballot and there is so much at stake, is it worth it for the DNC to risk it with Clinton? Does that sound like bullying the DNC into picking Sanders over Clinton? Sure! But only if it's also bullying for the DNC to say "it doesn't matter what you want–we make the rules."

Should we be against Bernie or Bust? They have the right to vote and the right to not vote! Sometimes silence makes a bigger impact.

The fact is that the DNC is terrified of the GOP gaining control of the government. They should be petrified of losing 33% of potential voters.

You’d be just as fearful if you only finished 66% of an exam and needed an A to pass the class. 33% is a lot of people and a lot of votes. Were the DNC to chose her, they’d be out of the White House faster than you can read this sentence.