What will Sanders' supporters do when Bernie endorses Hillary at the convention?

[redstateblues]

Will Bernie get thrown under the bus?

[morningfog]

1. It will likely be before the conevention. And no.

Glad I could help.

[redstateblues]

5. That surprises me. Why before the convention?

[Demsrule86]

46. I think it will be before the convention too

If Bernie goes to the convention and does not endorse before...his senate career is over...he will have no influence whatsoever. It will be after California or whenever the last primary is so he can say everyone got to vote.

[morningfog]

56. He's been saying he's in through the last vote.

And floor fight talks have centered on the platform, not nomination.

[closeupready]

2. They will make a decision on Election Day.

If they decide to vote. Civics 101.

[ThePhilosopher04]

4. This. +1

[Fawke Em]

13. Yep.

My vote. My choice.

[brooklynite]

42. SO you're not supporting any of his endorsed candidates?

[Katashi_itto]

45. I don't serve a master. My vote my choice.

[pinebox]

51. Yup.

[farleftlib]

72. I'm right there with you

I respect Sen Sanders and he will do the right thing for him, endorsing the Democratic nominee.
My respect for him will not change and he will not go "under the bus."

I will, however, vote my conscience, not someone else's.

[Ed Suspicious]

76. Yes. Bernie, God love him, doesn't get to throw my vote to anybody.

It's mine and I'm incredibly protective of it. I'm incredibly stingy with it.

But Hillpeople wouldn't understand that I guess.

[whatchamacallit]

6. I support Sanders because I prefer his platform, not because I need a master

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An endorsement by the defeated candidate, while expected, is immaterial to my personal choice. ..

[Demsrule86]

47. No doubt

But we will be in GE mode and won't have to listen to it anymore...so sick of it.

[Autumn]

7. I will respect whatever Bernie choses to do.

And I will do as I chose.

[EffieBlack]

36. That's great - it's too bad so many BS supporters haven't been as respectful to others

who have made the choice to support Hillary.

Apparently, to those folks, Sanders is the only political or public figure who deserves to have their choice respected. For everyone else, regardless their history, bona fides, contributions, records or political views, the mere endorsement of Hillary automatcally taints them as a corporatist shill.

[Autumn]

58. Horseshit. People talk about their candidates and build them up. That's a primary

No one is twisting your arm. Ignore them and quit your damn complaining.

[Puglover]

60. +100

Christ on cracker.

[Autumn]

61. People demand respect but sure as hell don't give it.

It's ridiculous. Not sure how some people walk down the street without having permanent damage done to their delicate sensibilities. Such delicate little flowers.

[Armstead]

78. , crap. It's when they insult Sanders and his supporters that we get pissed.

[Surya Gayatri]

79. "...It's too bad so many BS supporters haven't been as respectful to others

who have made the choice to support Hillary."

[JaneyVee]

8. Work hard to stop Trump, obviously.

[Betty Karlson]

26. we MIGHT vote for her - if she gives us a reason to.

(and no: fearmongering about Trump is not good enough)

but selling her lemons of policies for oranges? NO.

That ship has sailed LOOOOOOONG ago.

[emsimon33]

28. +1000

[JaneyVee]

38. What an obnoxious and selfish comment.

Every single editorial board has called her the most qualified candidate in a generation and youre throwing a temper tantrum and threatening to not vote because your candidate is in 3rd place and wont be getting the nomination.

[Loudestlib]

55. " obnoxious and selfish comment"

From one who'd know.

[Betty Karlson]

86. Projecting, much?

When it comes to obnoxious selfishness, you don't have to look further than the 1%'s preferred candidate.

[Demsrule86]

48. Fearmongering?

Seriously. I would crawl across broken glass to vote Bernie if he were the nominee...and I can't stand Bernie. Trump is a monster and the fact that Bernie supporters act like he is an ordinary candidate...is surprising.

[Ohioblue22]

80. fearmongering about Trump is not good enough. Lol

Fearmongering about a 5-4 conservative scotus to get rid of abortions ,unions, right to work ,net neutrality , one person one vote.

[uponit7771]

9. Theyll be hurt, we'll give em a big ol hug and stuff & then we'll all work hard to stop Donald Chump

[Fawke Em]

16. What makes you think we'd want a hug from a bunch of condescending jerks?

Hillary and her supporters make me nauseous.

[John Poet]

21. ^^^^THIS^^^^

and now they're acting like a bunch of "sore winners" as well.

If I can hold my nose and my cookies long enough to vote for her,
that'll be the absolute most that she will get from me....
and it's a tall, tall order...

[JaneyVee]

39. I dont recall hundreds of articles written about the behavior of....

Hillary supporters. Which Hillary supporters make you nauseous? Her biggest base of supporters is black women.

[leftynyc]

50. You're going to let anonymous

posters on a comment board influence your vote? Considering the chances are 50/50 they're not who they say they are, I find that pathetic.

[bjo59]

10. I'm in awe of how many people on here have powers of precognition. Amazing.

[MoonRiver]

63. Doesn't take precognition to see the obvious.

[Gregorian]

11. The election would only have been the faster way to obtain the goals we have.

They will happen. Climate change is the big issue. It's going to dictate, and I just would rather have Bernie at the helm so that before we HAVE TO we can be better prepared than any other candidate is remotely likely to do.

[jillan]

12. Not a damn thing. What did you expect me to say?

[JonLeibowitz]

14. He can do as he wishes. I'll respect him, obv. This being the US of A, I will never endorse Hillary.

That wasn't difficult was it?

[SciFiRK]

59. Never vote Hillary

Will vote down ticket Dems

[basselope]

15. They will make up their own minds and vote accordingly.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. I suspect you are shocked at the answers

Unless it was meant as see how horrid these people are. I notice it is your friends suggesting his fans will work for trump. That is kind of revealing, not in a good way of course

[Demsrule86]

53. I saw that they hinted that they would support Trump

Seriously terrible people ...no progressive or liberal would vote for Trump, help Trump or not try to stop Trump. He is a bigot and would hurt so many people. They are not progressive and not Democrats either. If they truly cared about a revolution...they would understand the courts are so important this election with five justices near or over 80. The fact they don't care about who gets hurt or what kind of justices are put on SCOTUS leads me to believe they care about one guy Bernie Sanders. Thus, we will have to do without them. I think we can still win.

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. Except the people who said that are Hillary fans

So who is the terrible one here?

[AgingAmerican]

18. What will Hillary supporters do?

Will you guys continue to belittle, attack and insult Sanders and his supporters? Will you try to sell us her policies? What is going to happen?

Her supporters keep telling us it's over, there is no chance for him to win. Time to pack it in and get ready for the convention, etc.

If this is true, why does the belittling, attacking and insulting of Sanders and his supporters continue unabated? It is being done in a systematic way with multiple OPs on the same subject appearing at the same time. What is the end game of it? What is the point of it? It only drives people away from her. I don't get it.

Worst GOTV effort in political history, IMHO

[Warren DeMontague]

19. They're just waking up! I know JUST what they'll do! Their mouths will hang open a minute or two

Then the Whos down in Whoville will all cry, "Boo Hoo!"



That's a noise, (the Grinch said,) that I simply must hear!
Narrator: So he paused, And the Grinch put a hand to his ear.
And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low.
Then it started to grow...
But this-- the sound wasn't sad.
Why, this sound sounded glad!

[MrMickeysMom]

20. Did you ask him if he stopped beating his wife yet?

I'm sure that will be on the agenda soon.

[COLGATE4]

62. I'd ask him if his wife has stopped beating him.

[MrMickeysMom]

64. Huh?

Want to explain that, or is this just a silly "turn around" response outside the intended recipient?

[COLGATE4]

83. No.

[MrMickeysMom]

84. Thanks for the confirmation

The mind is only so open as to say no, but open enough to create drive-by commentary.

Got your number, Dr. No.

[COLGATE4]

85. It's unlisted.

[KingFlorez]

22. There is a chance they won't have to worry about that

It's possible that an endorsement will not be given.

[MrMickeysMom]

66. There is MORE than a simple chance to that...

There is NO REASON to endorse her.

I would therefore predict that Trump would be targeted with the message for Americans who have long needed to wake up about a Drumpf candidacy.

[larkrake]

23. work on down ticket

[pacalo]

24. Your graciousness is noted.

[Betty Karlson]

25. "when" - that's a big presumption of yours.

1) she may not be the nominee (she certainly shouldn't be, considering her negative coattails)
2) Sanders may not endorse her.

And even if those two circumstances arise: this was never about Sanders, it was about his policies. So his supporters would look for a way to fight for those policies, with or without him. But preferably with.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. The President doesn't think so.

[Betty Karlson]

31. The president may think whatever he pleases.

I remember his 'fierce advocacy' for gay rights too well to receive his words as if they were conclusive arguments.

[emsimon33]

27. About 30% will leave the Democratic Party

Independents will probably vote for Stein or Trump. And about 20-30% may vote for Hillary or just stay home.

This is not about Bernie, which he keeps saying. It is about realigning the Party with its values and halting the influence of the .001%, Wall Street, for-profit prisons, Monsanto, etc. Making the Democratic Party, currently ironically named, actually reflect the meaning of "democratic."

[Maru Kitteh]

29. I've seen him pre-emptively thrown under the bus already so

YES.

[cali]

32. No. Say I told you so.

[Sky Masterson]

33. No.

Doesn't mean I'll vote for the Neocon.
It just means we have a greater chance of a President Trump

[NCTraveler]

34. Many will support Clinton.

Many will crawl back to Paul.

[nc4bo]

35. We will do what we do iF and when the time comes. nt

[PowerToThePeople]

37. If.

I will not vote Hillary.

[B Calm]

40. What will Hillary supporters do when Clinton endorses Sanders at the convention?

Will Hillary get thrown under the bus?

[JoePhilly]

41. Most will happily support Hillary.

Here on DU, we'll see some toss Bernie under the bus.

[Vinca]

43. Correction: most will vote for Hillary.

There's no "happily support" about it.

[JoePhilly]

54. Ok, and some will pout their way to the polls.

[whatchamacallit]

65. You're gonna wake up holding your ass

[cherokeeprogressive]

44. I'll stop donating to his campaign.

In fact, I think I'll stop donating to all politicians.

[nadinbrzezinski]

69. It is a happy point

I did that in 2008

[VulgarPoet]

49. :eyes:

Switch my affiliation to Green Party, and stay there until the people I'd once assumed were actually democrats, and not the same corporate brown noses I have to put up with in my squadron can actually put up a Democrat that doesn't believe bombing, drilling, fracking, and selling out the lower class is the path to the future.

[Dustlawyer]

52. Bernie is still fighting for us to get at least some of our issues in the Democratic platform.

Considering Hillary and the DNC don't want to respect the support Bernie has behind him he is right to fight for the things we believe in.

[Loudestlib]

57. If Bernie is not on the ticket I might sit this one out.

Hopefully another progressive democrat will run in 4 years.

[ieoeja]

67. We are misogynistic. So we sure as heck won't support Hillary. What is the point of your post?

I know I am misogynistic because DU told me so.

[RedCappedBandit]

70. Nothing.

An endorsement of the eventual nominee won't change my perception of either candidate whatsoever. It's called thinking for yourself.

[imagine2015]

71. Millions will sit out the election no matter what Bernie says/does if Hillary is the candidate.

That's just a hard fact of life.

And many Clinton supporters will sit out the election if Bernie is the candidate.

[Blue_Tires]

73. They'll call Bernie a "sellout" and defect to Trump's camp...

Not all of them mind you, but a sizeable percentage...

The real question is what's going to happen to DU?

[JackRiddler]

74. So much projection here!

Sanders' supporters were a movement before the campaign and though they love him they don't rely on him for identification. Some will shrug, some will work for or against Clinton, but all will continue to fight for economic and social justice in 2017 and beyond. This kind of cult behavior you are attributing is actually the Clinton Camp, which exists only for Clinton, cannot give a genuine political reason why, and has no coherence otherwise.

[masmdu]

75. Vote down ticket...

[mehneh]

77. I mean I don't think he should but he'd be back into corner if he didn't. n/t

[Orsino]

81. Mostly the same things Clinton's supporters did in '08. n/t