After the final primary election , Clinton became the presumptive Democratic nominee . On July 12 Sanders formally endorsed Clinton , and he continued to work with the Democratic National Convention organizers to implement the progressive positions he had been campaigning for . Sanders spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 25 , giving Clinton his full support . Some of Sanders 's supporters attempted to protest Clinton 's nomination and booed when Sanders called for party unity . Sanders responded , " Our job is to do two things : to defeat Donald Trump and to elect Hillary Clinton ... It is easy to boo , but it is harder to look your kids in the face if we are living under a Trump presidency . " On November 8 , in the general election , Sanders received almost 6 % of the vote in Vermont , though he was no longer a candidate . This was the highest share of a statewide presidential vote for a write-in draft campaign in American history . He also received more votes in Vermont than Gary Johnson , the Libertarian candidate , and Jill Stein , the Green candidate , combined
2016 Democratic National Convention
2016 Democratic National Convention
Bernie Sanders