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underpants

(182,271 posts)
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 01:59 PM Jun 2016

Trump wants to woo Bernie voters. In your opinion ...

Will those who support Bernie (I mean we all do really) switch/side with Trump?

* remember this is not a scientific poll


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bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
1. Some will, most won't.
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:00 PM
Jun 2016

It's cool either way. I'm not in the business to tell folks how to vote. They should vote how they want to.

Wounded Bear

(58,436 posts)
10. This...
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:15 PM
Jun 2016

Bernie voters, while yeah they love the "outsider" aspect of his candidacy, also support a long list of policies that Bernie has been fighting for over many years. I suspect that they will still support those policies, and realize that voting for Trump would only move the realization of any of those farther away.

Trump supporters seem to want the "outsider" aspect of let's go in and burn this baby down. I don't see as much common ground as many seem to see in this. Most of the people I hear saying Trump will get significant support from disillusioned Bernie supporters are Trump supporters engaging in wishful thinking. Hillary is far from being as liberal as the RW echo chamber likes to claim, but she's certainly not as far right as some of the Bernie supporters were trying to say either. Yeah, we hate to go back to "let's at least slow down the drift to the right" mode, but it's far better than the headlong rush to the right that the Repubs advocate. Bernie-ites may shy away from Clinton a bit, but I don't see a significant number of them switching that far to the dark side.

In a normal election, when the focus is on issues, Dems can win. If Trump and the media switch the emphasis to personality and celebrity we might get into trouble. Thankfully, Trump has shown no real character so far. You can see him trying to change that now, I guess, but how long can he stick to reading from a script he doesn't really believe in. He has celebrity, but how many people can he convince that he's that "guy you want to have a beer with?" The implication, in Bush's case, was that he would like to have that beer with you too, reciprocity. I don't see any of that in Trump.

metroins

(2,550 posts)
2. Can't see it happening
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:02 PM
Jun 2016

No rational person can pull the lever for Trump.

If Trump were Rmoney or somebody else semi moderate; maybe....but not Trump, he's nuts.

David__77

(23,214 posts)
3. As noted above: some will, some won't.
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:03 PM
Jun 2016

I have one friend who stated that he would consider voting for Trump. I do not personally believe that he would do that. We shall see in November.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
4. No. This happens every 4 or 8 years.
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:04 PM
Jun 2016

Those that supported a democratic candidate that didn't win the primaries says they won't vote for the winner, but they end up voting for the candidate that received the nomination come November.

Hillary supporters in 2008 said they would never vote for Obama, but they did vote for him in the end.

no_hypocrisy

(45,771 posts)
6. Trump referred to Bernie as "crazy".
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:09 PM
Jun 2016

I don't think Bernie's followers will forget that and reward Trump for the invective.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
7. Trump's wasting his time
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:09 PM
Jun 2016

Slandering Sanders' brand by even suggesting that Bernie peeps would be all running to Trump Inc.

RAFisher

(466 posts)
9. Are single issue voters who only care about electing a septuagenarian?
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:13 PM
Jun 2016

Besides Sanders' and Trump's age I don't know what else they have in common.

0rganism

(23,855 posts)
11. i'd expect him to try to reduce Bernie-supporters' support for HRC, not necessarily convert them
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:26 PM
Jun 2016

i don't think the portion of voters who would switch from SBS to DJT is substantial enough to "woo", per se. that'd be squeezing blood from a stone, and i think even trump has to know it by now. but if DJT can convince them that HRC is so awful that they can't vote for her, he can reap some benefit, and it's a much easier sell.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
13. No, As In No F'in Way!
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:30 PM
Jun 2016

The most strident will stay home or do a protest vote, but i don't see them flipping to the Donald.

REP

(21,691 posts)
14. Every single Sanders supporter I know are doing everything they can to Dump Drumpf
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jun 2016

It wasn't Sanders's so-called "outsider" thing that appealed to them; it was the common sense and the strong scent of liberal policies. Those voters would run a mile in tight shoes to vote for (almost) anyone but Trump.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
15. Nope. WAY too big of a difference in policies for this to happen........
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:38 PM
Jun 2016

I DO expect a solid percentage to go to the Greens and there are even some true socialist parties running candidates that will probably have their best general election ever. Of course that's not saying much. But the Greens? Yeah, I've said before they will also have their best election day ever. I'm guestimating between 5 and 10% for the Greens.

Quackers

(2,256 posts)
16. I'd say the hardcore supporters will probably skip voting altogether instead of switching
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:45 PM
Jun 2016

From Bernie to Trump.

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
17. A few. Not many.
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:47 PM
Jun 2016

None who follow or care about politics, with I suppose the exception of the handful who buy the insane "tear it all down at once so we can set up a whole new system which of course will be a collectivist, co-operative equitable and just system even though no sudden political upheaval in history has ever produced this" idea. He may pick up a small percentage who just mindlessly follow the "outsider" and think affected jaded cynicism about politicians is a substitute for genuine insight.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
19. Can't be a sanders supporter and support trump in any fashion
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 03:27 PM
Jun 2016

If they do...they were never a sanders supporter

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