If Democrats show up en mass to stop Trump, it may teach a generation to do their civic duty.

[applegrove]

[revbones]

1. Good luck getting Bernie supporters if it's Hillary... nt

[applegrove]

2. There was a poll yesterday that said that millenials are very anti-Trump.

[revbones]

3. That's a bit rich, given how Hillary supporters have

lambasted millennials and saying they can't be counted on to vote.

[applegrove]

9. That has been true in the past. My OP is about how hopefully it might not be true in the future.

[revbones]

10. Unfortunately, Hillary isn't a motivator

Her die-hard supporters may feel otherwise, but her numbers never grew. Regardless of how you feel about Bernie, if you look at the polling Hillary's numbers general flat-lined or shrunk some. She doesn't poll well with independents and has a high unfavorables.

The lies during the debates and the unnecessary attacks and misrepresentations have turned off a lot of people that would have sucked it up in Nov despite her corruption.

I think she'll have to rely on Trump-fear more than anything else to have a chance in Nov.

[KittyWampus]

6. most Sanders supporters will vote for Clinton. It's mostly the Paulites-turned-Sanders supporters

that won't vote for her.

And the pseudo-Sanders voters just using his candidacy to stir up cr*p on the Left.

[revbones]

7. I'm sure they will

The polling said it was only around 33% that wouldn't. 67% is technically "most" as you said.

[joshcryer]

16. What polling?

33%? Yeah right.

[Kittycat]

4. Maybe the media and party leaders should stop

Stomping on them? I noticed a large number of independents identify as liberal. Want to guess why? I'll give you two hints: third way & DNC

[noretreatnosurrender]

5. Another tranparent post

[applegrove]

12. Transparently hoping Trump doesn't win and Democrats do? On a democratic discussion forum. Surely

Not!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Well, the Humans of New York post excoriating Trump was the most shared FB post ever.

So there's clearly a grounds for a counter-revolution.

[tazkcmo]

11. lol

That's cute.

[pampango]

13. Not just Democrats. Independents and some republicans need to 'show up in mass to stop Trump'.

He represents hate and fear. Many republicans, some independents and perhaps a few Democrats buy into that.

Stopping him with a perfect (MY) candidate is easy to support is the perfect solution. Stopping him with an imperfect (YOUR) candidate is tougher but still needs to be done. The "MY" and "YOUR" candidates will vary depending on whether one is a Democrat (supporter of Bernie or Hillary), independent or republican and where one is on the ideological spectrum, but the 'civic duty' to oppose fear and hate remains the same.

[Vinca]

14. Unfortunately, Democrats only come out en mass when there's a "rock star" candidate.

We're headed for a "mid-term" turnout unless something short of a miracle happens. Elizabeth Warren was very evasive about answering Hillary questions this morning so maybe she's in line for Veep. That would certainly help.

[ripcord]

15. What worries me is low voter turn out amongst democrats

Especially with republican turn out so high, I don't understand why they are coming out in droves to vote for a crazy man.

[joshcryer]

17. They won't need to.

Trump's own party won't turn out for him.