Posted on 04/24/2019 7:42:18 AM PDT by Magnatron
“ Bernie or bust” is their rallying cry, and many supporters of self-described democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., say that they will vote for President Trump if their candidate is denied the Democratic nomination a second time.
After the 2016 election, the Cooperative Congressional Election Study found about 12% of those who voted for Sanders in the Democratic primaries voted for Trump in the general election. There are early signs that Sanders fervor is so strong that this could double in 2020, a development that could hand the White House to Trump for a second term.
An Emerson College poll this month showed 26% of those who support Sanders in the Democratic primaries and caucuses would support Trump over Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., despite their overlapping policy positions.
The Sanders-to-Trump inclination stems in part from the belief that the Democratic National Committee “cheated” Sanders in the bitter 2016 primary with the superdelegate system and Democratic staff bias in favor of eventual nominee Hillary Clinton. Concern over establishment control of the nomination process and other aspects of the campaign season persist among Sanders loyalists.
“If they cheat again, I have told people I will vote for Trump,” Pennsylvania resident and Sanders supporter Keith Ward, 58, told the Washington Examiner. “Not because I like him, but because if this country is going down a slippery slope, they have no one to blame but themselves ... [no] matter how much damage I believe Trump is doing.”
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I'm not sure when push comes to shove they will, though.
I know two guys who voted third party instead.
That’s almost as good for us...
The flipside of our “do whatever we have to in order to rid ourselves of RINOS” on our side.
And you know he’s not going to win the nomination. And you know that his supporters (as always, divorced from all facts, as are all democraps) will believe WITH CERTAINTY that the democraps DENIED him the nomination.
So whatever happens, this is good for us.
Just hope he doesn’t die between now and then.
Nice to think about, but I would be very surprised. This sort of thing is said by both sides when they feel petulant. But on election day, people generally vote for their party — Democrats more so than Republicans, I think.
Bernie is a blow up artist with anger issues. He wants terrorist to vote. His Willie Horton moment on CNN was a blow up moment. Bernie have a cow!
We hear about these dead-enders for every candidate though. Their self-importance is seemingly always inflated, like the #NeverTrumpers in 2016 or the Hillary-supporting PUMAs in 2008.
Sanders primary voters arguably made the difference in the election, especially in those hotly contested Rust Belt states.
President Trump
And the Biden folks will have same reason - they’re both gonna get cuckolded by the radical Dems...
Why doesn't he run as an (I)?
Why should he get the (D) nomination?
As of right now, the only state I see Trump losing in Nov2020 is Hawai’i.
I know a guy who voted for Sanders in the primary and Trump in the general election—of course I was sending him excerpts from the Podesta emails so he was well informed. ;-)
That’s what I was thinking. Or the never Trumpers.
No, they won’t. Can you imagine Trump supporters in 2016 saying that they’d vote for sHrillary if Trump wasn’t the Republican nominee?
yep- i agree
these are the same people who also say- i will leave the
U.S. if so and so wins— just a bunch of bs- fake news
It happened last time. 10% of Sanders’ primary supporters voted for Trump in the election, about 3% of the total vote. A lot of his support was about opposing Hillary more than supporting Sanders or socialism.
...the belief that the Democratic National Committee “cheated” Sanders in the bitter 2016 primary with the superdelegate system and Democratic staff bias in favor of eventual nominee Hillary Clinton.
Welcome to the real word kids.
I beg to respectfully disagree.
I think the formula is *much more:
Democrats fall in love. Republicans fall in line.
Part of being a mature and responsible adult is accepting that you didn’t get your way and taking the most realistic option even if you aren’t happy with it.
Anne Coulter will be disappointed.
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