Bernie definitely profits from a divided "moderate" field. Less than 4,000 votes separated Bernie and Pete in NH. Bloomberg got almost 5,000 votes even though he wasnt even on the ballot. Had those people voted for Pete, he would have won. Or if Steyer's folk (all 10k of them) voted for Pete.. If Bernie does win the nomination, it will be because people like Steyer who despite polling really low are still in the race because of vanity.
I think we are going to see exactly what happened to the GOP in 2016 happen again. Trump in the 2016 primary had a plurality and that is what I imagine will repeat itself.
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