2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WV Exit Polls: 44% of Sanders voters are Trump supporters [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)But I spent a great deal of time with Bernie activists/delegates last weekend. I was shocked and saddened to hear how many said they would vote for Trump. Lifelong Democrats who don't want to stay home, because they actually want an opportunity to stick it to Clinton and vote against her.
Many of them cited the way her campaign was run--as a big part of their motivation. It's not just her policies, neocon tendencies and dishonesty. It's how she's campaigned, how Sanders and his supporters have been treated and how shady the state primary elections have been.
I am not surprised by these stats at all.
I imagine that many Dems (and Indies also) are exercising their right to vote against Clinton in these primaries. There was a recent article that provided stats about Trump and Hillary supporters--and how aprox half of their voters were voting to keep their opponent out. I think some of this behavior is seeping into our primary elections.