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In reply to the discussion: Did and Did Not [View all]CentralMass
(16,868 posts)Let me quantify it a bit better. More of Sanders supporters, either 88% or 94% voted for Hillary depending on which study you want to use after Bernie lost the primary in 2016 then did Hillary voters who voted for Senator Obama after Hillary lost (76%). Trying to keep it a apples to apples as possible I cited the Yougov studies that were taken in 2008 and in 2016 as mentioned in the article.
Sanders voters in 2016 (Yougov)
"First, the political scientist Brian Schaffner analyzed the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, which was conducted by YouGov and interviewed 64,600 Americans in October-November 2016. In that survey, Schaffner found that 12 percent of people who voted in the primary and reported voting for Sanders also voted in November and reported voting for Trump."
Hillary voter in 2008 (Yougov)
"Another useful comparison is to 2008, when the question was whether Clinton supporters would vote for Barack Obama or John McCain (R-Ariz.) Based on data from the 2008 Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project, a YouGov survey that also interviewed respondents multiple times during the campaign, 24 percent of people who supported Clinton in the primary as of March 2008 then reported voting for McCain in the general election."
So according to those two Yougov analysis, by a 2:1 margin, more Hillary voters in 2008, by a 2:1 margin (24% vs 12%) voted for McCain after Hillary lost then did Sanders voters who voted for tRump rather the Hillary in 2016 after Sanders lost.
The other poll put the number of Sanders voters who voted for tRump at 6%. That would change the numbers above to a 4:1 ratio berween Sander-tRump voters vs Hillary-McCain voters.