I still don ' t understand what the DNC did that was so egregious . There were some emails about how they didn ' t like Bernie , but nothing ever came of those . Leadership basically said ' leave the guy alone , ' so they pretty much left him alone . Then there was this time Brazille told Hillary about a totally predictable debate question coming up . iirc Devine himself commented saying that Brazille was helpful to them as well and he had no complaints about her . And then there was a complaint that there weren ' t more debates . After which more debates were scheduled . I honestly don ' t get it ? These are the terrible sins of the DNC that undermined democracy ? Maybe I ' m old and jaded , but this all seems REALLY tame to me , especially considering Bernie wasn ' t even a member of the party . If anything his entire campaign was a movement against the democrats . In a year when dozens of democrats had to mount successful campaigns in a nationwide general election . So pardon me for not minding when people who have devoted their careers to electing democrats don ' t roll out the red carpet for Bernie Sanders , democratbasher . And regardless of anything DNC members said to the press , Bernie got oodles and OODLES of positive media attention throughout the primary process . Nothing generated clicks and ratings like insurgent Bernie stories . There was no problem of people not knowing who he was , and there was no smear campaign . The very simple reason Bernie lost is because he had no strategy in the south and he wasn ' t good at reaching out to black voters who unfortunately for him are a HUGE , RELIABLE constituency in democratic primaries . It sucks for the guy that he didn ' t seem to appreciate how real his chances were to win if he had known he ' d have a real shot , he would have started preparing much , much earlier . But that ' s on him , honestly .