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3. Yeah, but they're not really representative of anything.
Fri May 20, 2016, 08:25 PM
May 2016

I think we get a really skewed view of Sanders supporters from DU. In the real world, I think most of them are reasonable people who don't get caught up in every little thing that goes on in the campaign and don't take every tiny thing as a personal affront. I think the disruptors and misogynistic jackasses who threaten Democratic women and their families (and the people who defend them on DU) are a small fraction of his overall supporters.

Plus, I'm convinced that some of the DU Sanders crew are GOP trolls sowing the seeds of division. Some of them are obvious.

No doubt, Sanders isn't helping by ramping up the rhetoric, but I think most of his supporters are already acknowledging that it's over. I think the ones he's ramping up were the same few who were already unhinged.

Saw a poll that said that 72% of Sanders supporters are already on board for November if it's Hillary, and Sanders hasn't even dropped out yet. On DU, it's probably 7%. They're just not representative of reality.

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