It can work both ways

[wildeyed]

9. Probably a few would.

Both Trump and Sanders are populists. Both want to make the people who run the country pay. Both groups of supporters are nostalgic for a time when civil rights for minorities and women were ignored.

Trump's message is overtly racist and appeals mainly to the overt racists we once knew as Dixiecrats. But remember that it was the furtive racism of the North that defeated King, not the overt racism of South. And that Dixiecrats and Northern Democrats WERE once aligned in a coalition that did not break until LBJ and the Voting Rights Act.

And what I realize after watching this primary is that more of that furtive racism still exists in the white liberal community than I wanted to believe.

So yes, I think that a few Sanders supporters would go over. There is enough in common that they will hold their noses over the racism part. The populism and sticking it to the people who are currently in power will seem like enough to them. And some would just because they have come to hate Clinton so much that they are no longer logical.

But not most. Most have values beyond populism and recognize that Trump is more of a compromise than Hillary ever will be. And I don't think there is enough that either side can shave off to win the actual election. Cruz is going to get most of Trump's supporters if he quits. Clinton gets most of Sanders'.