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12. NPR reported that more than 1 in 10 Sanders' supporters voted for Trump.

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:50 PM

Dec 2018

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds

"Fully 12 percent of people who voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries voted for President Trump in the general election. That is according to the data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study — a massive election survey of around 50,000 people. (For perspective, a run-of-the-mill survey measuring Trump's job approval right now has a sample of 800 to 1,500.)

Political science professor Brian Schaffner of University of Massachusetts, Amherst tweeted the data on Wednesday.

Schaffner's numbers show that after a bitter Democratic primary, more than 1 in 10 of those who voted in the primaries for the very progressive Sanders ended up voting for the Republican in the general election, rather than for the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton."

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Damn every single person who voted for Trump. [View all] Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 OP

I have no idea how the "protest voters" can sleep at night. DigitusImpudicus Dec 2018 #1

or just as bad.. not voting for hillary in protest getagrip_already Dec 2018 #9

NPR reported that more than 1 in 10 Sanders' supporters voted for Trump. elocs Dec 2018 #12

Of course, a HIGHER percentage of Clinton's 2008 supporters voted for McCain. Jim Lane Dec 2018 #15

Anybody on the Left who doesn't grasp that the winner in the general election elocs Dec 2018 #17

I voted for Clinton in the general so your denunciations don't apply to me. Jim Lane Dec 2018 #18

And to judge by the approval polls-- most still support him dawg day Dec 2018 #2

A few of them have changed their minds. violetpastille Dec 2018 #3

That's a hard one. To forgive. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #4

While I did vote for Hillary, with enthusiasm violetpastille Dec 2018 #7

And motherfuck everyone in the liberal pundisphere Blue_Tires Dec 2018 #5

Yep. Especially them. It was PLAIN as the nose on your face what he was. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #6

especially damn them Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #16

I blame the married ones as well.... LakeSuperiorView Dec 2018 #8

LOL. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #13

How naive are these people? MountCleaners Dec 2018 #10

There are several good documentaries. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #14

The deplorables have damned us ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #11