A political revolution might not be as easy as we think...

The sails in the wind of the Bernie Sanders campaign are crumbling, if not gone. A lot has been accomplished in the campaign, but Bernie has no chance and never really did. This campaign was titled as a progressive revolution against the establishment. Bernie really hit the mark on waking up a segment of disenfranchised American voters who are angry with the system. But he failed, why is this?


Bernie's war against the establishment was internal. Within the branches of the democratic party, he attempted to fix change which was a costly error. According to Gallup polls, approximately 40% of Americans identify themselves as independents...a group with no party to represent them as the two major parties engulf our system through a single member, winner takes all system that leaves only two parties as viable options. Bernie rallied many independents, but in error, he took his campaign within the establishment. Bernie stood no shot within the major democratic party that sets the rules and favors their own candidate. From Vox  "Until we fix our Byzantine ballot access system, our partisan electoral administrations, our campaign financing system, our inexplicably exclusive Commission on Presidential Debates, and a media fixated on horse-race politics, it is a myth that anyone can run — successfully — for president outside of the two parties." (Amato, 1)



State laws and campaign barriers prevent third parties from getting on the ballot. Even if enough signatures are gathered, lawsuits run by the establishment cost money and effort to get candidates off the ballot. Our system shames third party candidates, disenfranchising voters in the process. The two major parties, in there power to create rules, all but make it impossible. Bernie's only chances were to run outside the establishment, another nearly impossible feat. Until we can change our 2 party system, look for it to be impossible to create a viable third party candidate. Too many barriers are in place, the American people need to change from outside the box, not within. 

http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11538742/ralph-nader-campaign-manager