2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Cornel West and James Zogby do not represent the Mainstream Democratic Party [View all]anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)by the party to get where they are. They have friends in the party, and know that they will be supported in any upcoming elections. Not to mention that many of them are angry at Sanders for his supporters threatening calls to them, and for Sanders constant bashing of the DNC. They have absolutely no incentive to vote for a guy who is not really a member of the party (I bet when asked after he gets out of the race, he will agree). The super delegates are not going to vote for Sanders. It just isn't going to happen.
As for following the platform...it all has to do with the way democracy works. Our system of government was designed to allow for inclusion of ideas from various sides of the ideological spectrum. In order for this to happen, each side much compromise with the other. No one party's platform will ever be achieved. It is something that can be a goal, but a president is able pick and choose which parts of the platform are important to them, and worth spending political capital. So as president, Hillary can ignore whole parts of the platform while focusing on those that mean the most to her.