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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)33% of Bernie supporters won't vote for Hillary [View all]
according to a nearly two-month-old NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video/poll-33-sanders-supporters-wouldnt-120220441.html
Do we have any actual hard numbers that are more recent?
(I've seen a number of articles, from random blogs to articles published in more highly-respected sources, that quote surveys of Democrats specifically. But are there are any recent surveys that have asked respondents of all stripes who are Bernie supporters what their plans are?)
Democrats should nominate the candidate who stands the best chances of prevailing in November. He or she will need independents, as well as self-identified Democrats, to do that.
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once again, bernie is coming in third in vote totals. two people are more likely to win than him nt
msongs
Apr 2016
#1
All Hillary has done, really, is win among the most die-hard party loyalists.
reformist2
Apr 2016
#19
So you are saying we should award the nomination to the loser because his supporters have
tritsofme
Apr 2016
#4
either way, anyone who is saying that Hillary is in trouble against Trump isn't basing it on data
qdouble
Apr 2016
#43
Not the first time people in the heat of battle have said things that ended up being untrue.
onenote
Apr 2016
#8
I'd say it's much, much lower. Social media and this forum aren't good gauges of reality.
grossproffit
Apr 2016
#24
Democrats are nominating the candidate who stands the best chances of winning in Nov.
synergie
Apr 2016
#11
Meh. Lots of huffing and puffing from disappointed people right now. But they'll come around.
Nye Bevan
Apr 2016
#17
The reason is they are would-be Democratic voters who will have been turned away
silvershadow
Apr 2016
#22
My guess is that s substantial number of Hillary supporters would say they won't vote for Sanders
Algernon Moncrieff
Apr 2016
#26
"sit at home"--probably right, but the Dem nominee will need independents to not
TheDormouse
Apr 2016
#45