Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Fascinating that Sanders' supporters are a mere 8% here [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and it's very clarifying. Given the zeal and continuous activity of Sanders supporters, I assume most of them grabbed the chance to vote for him, so that percentage is probably pretty representative.
We need to remember and respect, of course, that 3/4 of Sanders supporters in 2016 and Hillary supporters in 2008 moved seamlessly to their second, Democratic!, choice, and wouldn't have dreamed of voting Republican, totally whacked to even suggest such a thing. I was one of the latter.
But back then, strikingly similar, aggressively antagonistic behaviors toward Obama were seen in strikingly similar proportion (about a quarter) of Hillary's primary voters. I have no idea how she could have even accidentally attracted them, but they were passionately against Obama and refused to vote for him when he was nominated; most voted Republican or third party, the rest didn't vote. So with what current polls reveal about the enmity some bring to all but their chosen leader, it looks like this pattern will repeat again.
Anyway, I imagine that undecided group might contain a few similarly solid Democrats who might decide on Sanders for the primary but vote for the Democrat in the GE. Notably, though, and despite the press and Republican puffery, the polling data say Sanders' overall support among Democrats now is significantly lower than it was in 2016. (But we know not among his zealous quarter.)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden