To the Editor:

I fear that the Democratic establishment may very well cost us the election with its exclusive support of Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump was ignored as a serious candidate month after month while he went on to win state after state. Today, with the Republican nomination wrapped up, he is still being dismissed as an opponent who can’t beat Hillary.

Bernie supporters and Hillary haters may very well stay away from the polls this November while Trump supporters will continue to show up in record numbers. Has Bernie’s candidacy taught the powers that be in the Democratic Party anything? I fear not.

Democrats have little chance of remaining in the White House unless Bernie is on the ticket — something Hillary must be made to understand.

EVELYN WOLFSON

Wayland, Mass.