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[rjsquirrel]

8. Let's figure

Approx 120 million divided by 2 = sixty million

60 million divided by 2 is 30 million

Divided by two is 15 million.

So both Clinton and Sanders received less that half of less than half of the approximate total electorate.

So you're right the original claim added one extra "less than half."

The bigger point is that primary voters are highly motivated and tend to be ideologically driven and well informed. Scaling up for the general means capturing less passionate and less politically and less informed and less ideological voters, not well represented by the primary electorate.

I personally have never believed 60 million people would vote for a self-described socialist revolution, meaning I didn't think Bernie's passionate supporters scaled the way he said they did.

But the "fraction of the general electorate" argument on offer here is spurious and on this I will defend Bernie supporters. Donald Trump drew 14 million votes, a new record for the GOP primary and between Clinton and Sanders' totals.

All moot of course at this point. Bye GDP!