Well, one group of individuals that has not given up is Sanders’s army of small donors. The Sanders campaign just announced that they raised more than $40 million in February and are now trying to get to $45 million by midnight.
In case you don’t know, those are insane numbers. If he accomplishes little else, Sanders has proven the concept that you can run a presidential election funded by regular folks.
I don’t even know what they can do with all that money. But he’s got no reason to drop out.
I’ll tell you, it makes sense to want two seemingly contradictory things at the same time. You might want Clinton to be the nominee and still want Sanders to have as close to half of the delegates at the convention as possible. In other words, you may want to vote for Sanders even if you don’t actually want him to win.
Why would you want this?
Because you want a progressive party with a progressive platform and progressive rules changes, but you’re not ready to roll the dice on Sanders as the nominee.
If the polls are anywhere near correct, it’s a risk-free proposition with no downside.
