It's evident. Bernie Sanders stands popular among with voters across the country. Everywhere you go, there are supporters wearing his heart on their sleeve. The passion for him is undeniable and has brought change to how some voters view the Democratic Party. A bite is louder than a bark though, and the voters bit for Hillary Clinton.
Sanders campaign insinuated that the next month would be focused on winning super delegates. While this is unlikely for the sole reason that Clinton overall won every contest, Bernie continues to challenge the Democratic Party by laying out a reform proposal to bring to the convention in July. His proposal mentions electoral reform, change in leadership, abolishing super delegates and approving a progressive party platform. In regards to change in leadership, he states that "new energy" should be implemented. This seems like a reasonable act of change, however, the rest of his reform proposal gets a bit complicated.
Let's jump over to super delegates. Sanders clearly expressed that Clinton went into this race with four hundred super delegates by her side, insinuating that it had influence on voters from the very beginning. Ask yourself this, did she lose or win certain states because of her super delegate lead? There isn't any evidence that supports either of these theories. Most importantly, super delegates and citizens are given the right to practice the tenth amendment. Making super delegate votes transparent, in order to remain fair with the public and the popular vote.
Next on his agenda is electoral reform. Sanders expressed that he wants to make all primaries, open. The problem with this is that by allowing non-Democrats to vote for Democrats, it eventually dissolves the Democratic Party. The nomination process would be focused on the person and their agenda, rather than what the actual party believes in and supports. Non-Democratic voters would be asking the party to financially and outwardly support a candidate, that doesn't possibly agree with their organization to begin with. Simply ask yourself, would you expect somebody to support you and pay your way, when you don't really support them?
Changing these aspects of the Democratic Party would not only drift its values, but ultimately change the voters right to identify with a major political organization that specifically helps bring left wing change with our government. Sanders wants the back end support, while he makes his own rules about a party that already has an established foundation. The progressive reform that he wants to bring in July would work well with the Independent Party, simply because they are independent views. Not because they are aligned with the fine lines of supporting what the Democratic Party is all about.
In the end of things, Sanders made it clear that "the major political task that together we face in the next five months is to make sure Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly." Hopefully Sanders follows through with this statement and unites the party together, rather than forces his beliefs on a party that isn't aligned with his independent beliefs.
