Could Sanders beat Clinton in the primaries in 2016?

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Well?
I say no.

[RR1997]

lol no

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

As much as I think Hillary is highly overrated, no.

[BaconBacon96]

He could win a handful of particularly left-wing states, but no definitely not.

[MurrayBannerman]

No, I'd love it if he did though.

Rick Perry could get 300+ electoral votes against him.

[SWE]

I wish

[7,052,770]

I doubt he would beat her in any state other than Vermont.

[MATTROSE94]

He would ultimately lose to Hillary Clinton, but could possibly win the primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and California if he campaigns hard enough.

[whanztastic]

["'Oeps!' De blunders van Rick Perry Indicted"]

He would ultimately lose to Hillary Clinton, but could possibly win the primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and California if he campaigns hard enough.

Haha no.

[Mister Mets]

Technically, if Hillary Clinton doesn't run and Bernie Sanders does, it is possible that he will receive votes, and that he will receive more votes than HRC. Which would literally mean that he beat Hillary Clinton.

But he really has no shot of winning the nomination.

[Mr. Morden]

If Sanders is Clinton's only opponent for the nomination, what % of the vote do you think he'd get in Iowa and NH?

[Mr. Illini]

Nope, and these are the only states that he could contest.

[Marnetmar]

No.

[Clarence Boddicker]

Unfortunately not

[Randy Bobandy]

No (sadly).

[Niemeyerite]

Unfortunately not

[Bojack Horseman]

If Sanders runs, I think he has about the same fortunes as Jerry Brown did in 1992.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Left wing Democrats (i.e., the most liberal of the liberal base), the folks who'd support Sanders are simply the loudest and most passionate in the party; they're still a clear minority, far outnumbered by the combined forces of moderate and conservative Democrats.

He'd get creamed.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

The man is older then me.... he will NOT be a Presidential contender!

[IceSpear]

Left wing Democrats (i.e., the most liberal of the liberal base), the folks who'd support Sanders are simply the loudest and most passionate in the party; they're still a clear minority, far outnumbered by the combined forces of moderate and conservative Democrats.

He'd get creamed.

Actually, I remember seeing a poll, that the breakdown was something like 65-15-10. There's actually more opposition to Hillary from the RIGHT than from the left.

65 Hillary
15 want someone more conservative than Hillary
10 want someone more liberal than Hillary

So even ignoring Hillary's supermajority, there's no way a single candidate would be able to unite the anti-Hillary vote. One side wants Joe Manchin, the other wants Bernie Sanders.

[SWE]

Why would the Democratic party ever vote for a real liberal?

Because we need to run moderates to win

[IceSpear]

Why would the Democratic party ever vote for a real liberal?

Because we need to run moderates to win

Mondale and Dukakis both lost in a landslide as well.

[Maxwell]

Left wing Democrats (i.e., the most liberal of the liberal base), the folks who'd support Sanders are simply the loudest and most passionate in the party; they're still a clear minority, far outnumbered by the combined forces of moderate and conservative Democrats.

He'd get creamed.

Actually, I remember seeing a poll, that the breakdown was something like 65-15-10. There's actually more opposition to Hillary from the RIGHT than from the left.

65 Hillary
15 want someone more conservative than Hillary
10 want someone more liberal than Hillary

So even ignoring Hillary's supermajority, there's no way a single candidate would be able to unite the anti-Hillary vote. One side wants Joe Manchin, the other wants Bernie Sanders.

25% wouldn't be able to beat Hillary, but I feel like Schweitzer has policy planks (pro-gun, pro-Universal Healthcare) that could unite those two.

[Simfan34]

No.