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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: If I Were Hillary... [View all]

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
5. Some Sanders supporters may vote for Clinton, but make no mistake
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 03:25 PM
Feb 2016

there are many that won't. I would say 25 percent of his supporters will not vote for Hillary. That is a huge amount of support to be losing from your own party. Combine that with an embarrassingly high "untrustworthy" numbers as well as low support from Independents and little-to-no crossover appeal from Republicans.

Many have been saying this all along. How in the world does she cobble together a victory? You must have healthy support from Independents to win a GE. And that's assuming that you've got an energized base of support in your own party voting for you. A substantial chunk of the Dem party will not vote for her.

Then, we've got a rabidly energized Republican electorate that has been breaking turnout records across the country.

It's a recipe for disaster for the Democrats.

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