>Turnout was lower for both the D's and the R's Could this not be because Clinton was wildly unpopular? Even more unpopular than she was during the primaries?

>Turnout was lower for both the D's and the R's Could this not be because Clinton was wildly unpopular? Even more unpopular than she was during the primaries? >Sanders wrote an essay that stated women fantasize about being raped by three men simultaneously. This was in 1972, and he apologized for it. But I think the context is important. He was writing about shifting gender roles and unity between genders: http://www.snopes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sanders-essay.jpg http://www.snopes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sanders-ess... He starts the essay off with 2 ultra-stereotypical examples of an extremely dominant man and an extremely submissive woman, then goes on to mock the ideas of dominant men and submissive women. Crude, yes, but he elaborates the point via allegory if you read the whole essay. It's a pretty bad essay by any measure, but it's not sexually charged or sexist at all, in my opinion. >Sanders is not only a supporter of, but personally profits from, a scheme to transport toxic waste from Vermont and dump it in Latino communities in Texas. I'd urge you to read some of the counterpoints here: https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Bernie-Sanders-ushered-a-bill-that-allowed-Vermont-to-dump-nuclear-waste-in-the-poor-Hispanic-community-of-Sierra-Blanca-Texas https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Bernie-Sanders-ushered... I'd also suggest that there is absolutely 0 evidence that this was racially motivated in any way. I significantly doubt that Sanders, a lifelong proponent of civil rights for all minorities, picked the town because it was 2/3rds Latino or that that had any factor. I agree the media perhaps should have covered these issues more, but compared to Trump's and Clinton's scandals, I think they're basically nothing. All that said, I agree Clinton beat Sanders fairly. I think the DNC did unethically collude to help Clinton and marginalize Sanders, and I think the superdelegate system should be removed, but she would have won either way. I think it's very unclear if he would've fared better against Trump than Clinton did. I don't really think any of us could make such claims one way or the other. That said, if he's still around to run in 2020, I think he'd have a serious shot.