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In reply to the discussion: Hey it's green party celebration day! They got their wish [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)A significant percentage of Democrats would not have voted for Bernie. The Socialism tag doesnt disqualify someone with as many Democrats as it does with Republicans, but about 40% of Democrats say they are not willing to vote for a Socialist. http://www.gallup.com/poll/191354/americans-views-socialism-capitalism-little-changed.aspx and that number has been steady for a number of years.
Even if Sanders cut into that by half, it's still a lot more folks than he could have hoped to pull from independents/non-party voters. I know a lot of Democrats who weren't Hillary fans but who said they could not vote for Bernie under any circumstances because he was a Socialist.
All of which is besides the point. He's not close enough in enough states for a bulk of additional voters to matter. You can try to invent additional votes all day and all night, they're not there.