2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In New Shock Poll, Bernie Sanders Has LANDSLIDES Over BOTH Trump and Bush [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)voters across the political spectrum.
In the only poll I've seen so far of JUST registered Independents, now the largest registered 'party' in the country as both parties lose membership, Bernie defeats Hillary which makes sense. Independent registered voters are not going to elect someone who represents all the reasons WHY they are registered Independents.
And then there are non voters, out of the system BECAUSE they do not believe either party represents them.
We've been signing up these non voters for Bernie since the beginnning, now feeling they HAVE someone that actually speaks for them.
Republicans, sick of the extremism in their own party, and opposed to the wars etc, are also coming over to Bernie.
What IS ludicrous to say is that Hillary has much if any appeal to any of these demographics.
Her appeal is limited to the base of the Dem Party which is now just 32% of registered voters and Bernie has already cut into that demographic also.