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Source: Reuters
More than three-quarters of Democrats say Sanders should have a "major role" in shaping the party's positions, while nearly two thirds say Hillary Clinton - who beat him for the nomination - should pick him as her vice-presidential running mate, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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We will not let Donald Trump become president," Sanders told supporters last week.
The poll, conducted June 7-10 - right after Clinton sewed up the delegate majority to become the presumptive Democratic nominee - showed that while most Democrats want Sanders to line up behind Clinton, about 44 percent would like him to make an independent run for the White House. Some 47 percent said he should not.
The poll included 455 respondents and has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 5.3 percentage points.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-sanders-idUSKCN0YY0F9
I'm not sure the Democratic party leadership was expecting this many folks to call for Bernie to play a big role.