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democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
12. This is anecdotal
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 03:23 PM
Oct 2016

But I have met a few Bernie supporters who are willing to hold their nose and vote for Hillary if the election is close, but plan to vote 3rd party if it's not.

I would imagine many others who are less politically obsessed than we are may not vote at all if they don't think it's close, especially in places where the GOP has made it hard to vote. I don't know that regular people who don't care as much as we do would stand in a 4 hour line to vote if they don't think their vote is going to matter. And if they don't vote, that also deprives down-ballot Democrats of the votes.

I also think the complacency fear is not just with respect to voter turnout but other things, like volunteering and donating. People are less likely to give up their free time to knock on doors or call up strangers if they think she has it locked up.

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