<u+2014> kaydee king (@kaydeeking) november 9, 2016 the lesson from tonight's dem losses: time for democrats to start listening to the voters. stop running the same establishment candidates. 




<u+2014> people for bernie (@people4bernie) november 9, 2016 if dems didn't want a tight race they shouldn't have worked against bernie. 




<u+2014> walker bragman (@walkerbragman) november 9, 2016 




new york times columnist paul krugman, who was one of hillary clinton<u+2019>s most outspoken surrogates during the contentious democratic primary, blamed clinton<u+2019>s poor performance on green party candidate jill stein, who has so far received a negligible number of votes nationally, saying stein was the ralph nader of 2016 in preventing a clinton victory. the account @berniesteachers threw krugman<u+2019>s analysis back in his face. your candidate was the issue. take responsibility. https://t.co/khyouusrfs 




<u+2014> teachers for bernie (@berniesteachers) november 9, 2016 




ana navarro, a republican who recently endorsed hillary clinton, summed up the preposterous nature of the 2016 presidential election in this tweet: gop nominated the only damn candidate who could lose to hillary clinton. democrats nominated the only damn candidate who could lose to trump 




<u+2014> ana navarro (@ananavarro) november 9, 2016 




popular left-wing facebook page the other 98%, which was pro-sanders during the primary, responded to trump<u+2019>s surge by simply posting a meme of sanders<u+2019> face with the text <u+201c>all this could<u+2019>ve been avoided. thanks for nothing, dnc!<u+201d> the meme has been shared almost 15,000 times in less than an hour: 




posted by the other 98% on tuesday, november 8, 2016 




while bernie sanders endorsed hillary clinton just before the democratic national convention in july, many of his supporters remained adamant in their refusal to support the dnc-anointed candidate, pointing to wikileaks<u+2019> revelations that top officials at the dnc had been working behind the scenes to tip the scales in clinton<u+2019>s favor by coordinating with media figures to circulate anti-sanders narratives. 




rather than attribute a potential trump presidency to the gop nominee<u+2019>s perceived popularity among voters, the closeness of this election could be credited to hillary clinton<u+2019>s unfavorable ratings. according to realclearpolitics, anywhere between 51 and 57 percent of voters had a negative opinion of the democratic nominee. 




as of 11 pm eastern, florida, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin remain too close to call. clinton has 197 electoral votes to trump<u+2019>s 187. 









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bernie supporters on twitter erupt in anger against the dnc: 'we tried to warn you!'
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