Sanders voters helped Trump win the White House. Could they do it again?

[highplainsdem]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/sanders-voters-helped-trump-win-white-house-could-they-do-n1145306

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden isn't the only presidential candidate whose allies believe the votes of Bernie Sanders' most dedicated supporters could hold the key to his November success. So is President Donald Trump.

In 2016, about 216,000 Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voters backed the Vermont senator in the spring and Trump in the fall — well over twice the president's total margin of victory in those states, which were critical to his electoral vote win in the face of a decisive popular vote loss.

If Sanders ultimately falls short again this time around, Trump's allies hope his history with the senator's most disaffected supporters repeats itself — but won't be leaving that prospect to chance, with a targeted effort underway by groups who support his re-election to identify and target those voters.

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Data analytics firm WPA Intelligence has been working on a computer model using demographic and consumer data to try to predict who these crossover voters are so they can be targeted by groups supporting Trump’s re-election, said Chris Willson, the firm's CEO.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. He's done.

[NurseJackie]

2. Let's ask Sarandon, Moore, West (et al) what their plans are. That's a good start...

Could they do it again?

Let's ask Sarandon, Moore, West (et al) what their plans are. That's a good start to let us know how much ratfuckery there's going to be.

[NCProgressive]

3. Voting for Trump is like this ..

Patron: What do you have on the menu?

Server: We have burgers, pasta, tacos and shit.

Patron: But I want a rack of lamb - I don't want burgers pasta or tacos

Server: Sorry, we don't have any rack of lamb.

Patron: Ok .. then I'll have shit.

[aikoaiko]

4. No one gets all the votes. Most Bernie supporters will vote for Biden.

But it is really up to Biden and his campaign to reach out to them and effectively attract them.

[yardwork]

7. Or what? If Biden doesn't inspire you sufficiently, what then?

We're not picking favorite sports teams here.

[aikoaiko]

9. Or what? They don't vote for Biden, obviously, but it will be OK

It really needs to be baked into the calculations that there are some non-Democratic party members who support Bernie, but will never vote for a run-of-the-mill Democrat like Biden.

But most will. I think Biden will likely make fewer general election mistakes than last year and win those mid-west states that we lost in 2016.

And for the record, I think Bernie could win, too.

[TexasTowelie]

10. "run-of-the-mill"

[SKKY]

5. For sure. It could easily happen again.

[RazBerryBeret]

6. need more info...

maybe the crossover voters were registered independents?
41% of registered voters are.
The majority identify as left or left leaning, but they are less likely to be tied to a party.

Biden should have run in '16; it would have united the party and we wouldn't be where we are now (clearly just my opinion, the above figures are from Pew Research)

[yardwork]

8. His son died.

[Squinch]

12. Oy.

[Squinch]

11. They'll try. And they will be egged on by Filthy Donnie and assorted perfect progressive "allies."

[Turin_C3PO]

13. The Sanders supporters I know

are committed to voting Trump out of office. That includes two who voted for Stein last time. So my anecdotal evidence suggests that their won’t be as much pouting from Sanders voters this time around.