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In reply to the discussion: Do you want Bernie supporters to vote for Democrats in November? [View all]karynnj
(59,498 posts)I know of no study that investigated them, but I know from stories that they do exist. It was also mentioned in many primary stories. Sanders appealed to many who had not recently (or ever in some cases) voted. He also got the votes of many who were not normally Democrats. In addition, he did get many traditionally Democratic votes.
I KNOW there were Sanders voters, who were already unlikely to vote for Clinton well before they ever heard of Bernie. Bernie actually convinced many of them to vote for Clinton. You would need to net those Clinton voters out.
In addition, Sanders did not OWN everyone who voted for him. As far back as the NH primary, reporters were surprised that there were many vacillating between voting in the Democratic primary for Sanders or the Republican one for Trump. If Sanders never ran, these would be Trump voters -- not Clinton voters. By the way, many VT Sanders supporters went to NH and used THEIR primary information to try to win many votes for Clinton.