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No doubt the DNC absolutely did all they could to get their preferred candidate.That's a misleading stat tho. Hillary got off to a good start, but Bernie really exploded as they approached the midway point. But once it was clear that the superdeliates were going to come in over the top, Bernies momentum died. People who would have voted for him either didn't bother to show up, or voted Hillary for the sake of unity. There was a media blitz in the second half of the primaries all saying Hillary had ot won. In a country with voluntary voting, that's fatal.
Without superdelegates, Bernie would have won confortably.
But it is stretching the truth a little too far in my opinion to say that Bernie won without superdelegates, because he was still behind based on the popular vote and pledged delegate count.