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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Here's How Many Bernie Sanders Supporters Ultimately Voted For Trump [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)67. So basically, she didn't lose votes she would have gotten.nt
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Here's How Many Bernie Sanders Supporters Ultimately Voted For Trump [View all]
guillaumeb
Apr 2019
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How many PUMA's voted for Someone other than Obama in the general in 2008?
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2019
#1
re: "any Democratic voter who votes for a GOP candidate as some type of protest vote..."
thesquanderer
Apr 2019
#12
re: "an informed* voter might see that as a reason to vote for the eventual nominee."
thesquanderer
Apr 2019
#25
Sorry. I agree with your post completely. I was adding the other detail for contrast.
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#35
Wisconsin is a great argument for closed primaries.The gutting of the Voting Rights Act
lapucelle
Apr 2019
#63
Puma is an attack on Democrats. And Hillary worked her ass off in the general.
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#9
It doesn't exist and puma was mostly Gop pretending to be supporters . Look at the website if you
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#80
The organization existed until 2011. It was founded and run by a Democrat, Darragh Murphy
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#85
around 30% total of Hillary 2008 primary voters did not vote for Obama in the general
Celerity
Apr 2019
#29
he was a super dangerous neocon war hawk though, a nightmare waiting to happen
Celerity
Apr 2019
#59
but 25% is almost triple the rate of Obama to McCain primary switches, and around double
Celerity
Apr 2019
#70
That's a good distinction, primary "voters", not as some here have said, primary "supporters" -
George II
Apr 2019
#90
88 percent doesn't wash the stench off the 12 percent who voted for fucking trump. Stay the fuck...
brush
Apr 2019
#77
re: "I can see no rational reason that any voter who supported Sanders would have chosen Trump"
thesquanderer
Apr 2019
#11
Honestly... how could ANYONE vote for Trump, but especially someone who'd supported Sanders?
hlthe2b
Apr 2019
#14
And they would be in that 12% that voted for Trump in the general election. eom
guillaumeb
Apr 2019
#20
Thank you. I have posted here, several times, that we may never know how many did
question everything
Apr 2019
#34
My son's girlfriend supported Bernie. Then voted for Stein in the general election. Nt
helpisontheway
Apr 2019
#37
The reality of US politics is that it is a two party system at the national level.
guillaumeb
Apr 2019
#64
Why he should not get the nomination he held out to the very end when it was beyond him
Historic NY
Apr 2019
#78