They were times when he was within 5%, and his campaign also outraised her.
If we’re talking about right at the beginning when he won NH, sure. But she went on to clean up in the next few primaries and it was a run away from there. It was closer than expected, but it was never much of a race.
The irony being that the DNC rules actually favored sanders, and he got the most positive coverage in the media. The DNC bad mouthing him was wrong, and giving her debate questions was also wrong and ‘putting their thumb on the he scale.’ But the idea that he got screwed is not the reality. These were minor at best, and he got absolutely destroyed.
If we’re talking about right at the beginning when he won NH, sure. But she went on to clean up in the next few primaries and it was a run away from there. It was closer than expected, but it was never much of a race.
The irony being that the DNC rules actually favored sanders, and he got the most positive coverage in the media. The DNC bad mouthing him was wrong, and giving her debate questions was also wrong and ‘putting their thumb on the he scale.’ But the idea that he got screwed is not the reality. These were minor at best, and he got absolutely destroyed.