Yes, Bernie could have won under the exact right circumstances [View all]

1. That HRC's followers voted for him and did not vote third party or stay home, like some of his own followers did.

Given, that her followers have now been spurned twice, this is not such a given. Obama was inspiring to me, even as an HRC supporter, that Bernie never could be, and while i personally would never stay home or vote third party, it's silly to assume ALL her supporters would feel the same way.

2. That no scandal could be manufactured about him, and exploited by FBI and Putin and the media.

Which could happen, but no one here knows for a fact that it could not have happened. The email scandal was wholly manufactured, as were the the really strange interpretations of podesta's emails by wikileaks.

There were similar scandals in the background about Sanders, that maybe everyone would be nice about and ignore, or they would create something out of a nothingburger.

3. The white middle class were ok knowing there would a tax increase on them, that may end up helping non-whites.

Under those circumstances he could have won. Under the exact same circumstance so could HRC.