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riversedge

(70,186 posts)
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 08:48 PM Mar 2016

As California primary nears, even Sanders supporters are uniting behind Clinton and against a c

Great news from California ---for all of us.



Poll As California primary nears, even Sanders supporters are uniting behind Clinton and against a common enemy: Trump

David LauterDavid LauterContact Reporter

Most of Sen. Bernie Sanders' supporters in California say they expect that come November, Hillary Clinton will be elected president — and, by and large, they're OK with that.

While both Democratic camps prepare for a final battle in the state’s June 7 primary, the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times statewide poll found that just over half of Sanders’ supporters said they expected Clinton to be the next president. About a third of Sanders’ backers said they expected the Vermont senator to emerge the winner, and 12% said they thought Donald Trump would prevail.

Close to 8 in 10 Sanders supporters said in the survey that they would vote for Clinton in a race against Trump, although many said they would do so reluctantly.

Those findings show the reality underlying the still-heated rhetoric of the Democratic primaries:
By contrast with the civil war that divides Republicans, Democrats in the country’s largest state have begun to coalesce behind their front-runner.

In the primary race, Clinton holds a modest lead over Sanders, 45% to 37%, among all Democrats and independent voters eligible to vote. Her lead is slightly larger, 47% to 36%, among those most likely to vote. Either way, that’s a significant problem for Sanders............................


http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-latimes-democratic-primary-poll-20160328-story.html

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As California primary nears, even Sanders supporters are uniting behind Clinton and against a c (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2016 OP
So much for the Bernie or Busters Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #1
I've never thought they were large enough group to make a difference in the GE Lucinda Mar 2016 #5
My situation too - BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #7
Good for them.. they're not deadenders. Cha Mar 2016 #2
.. mcar Mar 2016 #3
glad you posted this! DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #4
Uh Oh . . . . Iliyah Mar 2016 #6
Good to know. eom UtahLib Mar 2016 #8

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
5. I've never thought they were large enough group to make a difference in the GE
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 09:02 PM
Mar 2016

EVERY SINGLE DEM I know in real life will vote for the nominee.
Hillary will not only have strong Dem support, but lots of Reps too, if Trump manages to come out of the convention as the nominee.

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