Are there really people on DU who won't vote for the Democratic candidate if

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300. Except it's really not pertinent

You're trying to browbeat someone into supporting your candidate... who will face the exact same problem.

But alright. Sanders motivates liberals and the left. Quite a bit, as you may have seen. This is a group of people with traditionally poor voter turnout due to, well... chronic disappointment paired with overt hostility from the Democratic Party. But Bernie's motivating them. he's also motivating Independents, whose voting patterns are mostly formed by their own sense of disappointment with the current political structure. So, we get the left out there. And we get these sanders-positive Independents out there, voting for Sanders. What happens with the Democrats downticket?

By contrast, Clinton is disfavored by the left. She's not going to get the turnout from them that Sanders would, whether or not you like it or agree. Similarly, Independents are likely to see her as a "dynasty" candidate, and certainly recognize her as a career insider. Traits which are not real good for getting independent support.

How will Sanders handle congress? By having broader coattails than Clinton would, and hopefully adjusting the party makeup of the Legislature.