2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WV Exit Polls: 44% of Sanders voters are Trump supporters [View all]LisaM
(29,503 posts)It's being interpreted many different ways.
I spend time in the San Juan Island, which is a place that has voted for both Ross Perot and Ralph Nader (and for the caucuses this year, completely predictably went for Sanders). I wouldn't be surprised if they went for John Anderson in 1980, who knows? They love the outsider, too, easy enough for them in their mostly white homogenous bubble.
I find that to be an extraordinary way to approach things and the anti-establishment elected officials from the Tea Party have caused an amazing amount of harm in a short time. But anyone who thinks Sanders or Trump is offering remotely the same worldview just because they're seen as political outsiders (despite Sanders being a career politician) might want to consider taking a more nuanced view of the world.