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This group is vitally concerned with the voters who would be won and lost if Hillary is the Nominee. In GD
this is likely to be seen as an outrageous attack on DU Bernie supporters, which it is not. Very few ppl here would give one seconds thought of supporting naked fascism.
Ultimately this is an election between the Democratic and Republican nominee. The ppl who support Bernie will have three choices if Hillary is the nominee - vote for her, sit it out, or vote for the Republican.
Trump is leading, and it's either him or Cruz. Rubio has no ground game and such is the hatred by a good section of GOP voters for 'The Republican Establishment' they want revenge anyway.
If Cruz is the nominee I can't see how Bernie supporters would swap parties. But Trump (says) he has three issues which are also important to the left : taking on and taxing Wall Street, effectively ending free trade, and supporting marriage equality. It's all a hoax, but if you can convince yourself that he is not serious about the racial stuff and you are not paying attention and you are sick of politics as usual, you may not care.
I would add, this is exactly the mistake the German people made about the NSDAP - couldn't be not serious about the racial stuff.
(Oh and in case you don't realise it, the rationale can be turned into an argument for supporting Bernie as nominee. I believe the arguments for Hillary are a lot stronger, she would bring in far more women voters and also older people who remember the Clinton Administration with affection, but it is what it is - what Democratic voters would Hillary Clinton risk losing. And THAT is definitely a topic for Clinton supporters because the defining character of her campaign is realism)
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