SpokenTruth said:
He's referring to a real situation but the numbers seem off. 12% of those that voted Sanders in the primaries voted Trump in the general election. I'm not sure what the 26% represents. While that 12% number sounds insane, that's actually pretty normal. 34% who voted for Kasich in the primary, voted Clinton in the general. From Clinton to McCain in 2008 was 25%. From Obama to Trump it was 13% (2012 to 2016 election). It's just another hit people put on Sanders despite it happening to all candidates. |
Thanks for this clarification. I did some digging into this. And interestingly enough, the same source that found the 12% of Sanders primary voters moved to Trump in the general, also looked at 2008 and found that 24% Clintons primary voters moved on to vote for McCain in the general. So Clinton-or-bust is even more a thing than Bernie-or-bust. But also this source has the highest number of these movements. Other sources say that 6% or 8% of Sanders primary voters voted for Trump in the general election. Actually all the supporters of non-Trump candidates in the primary voted stronger for Clinton than Sanders-supporters for Trump.
In the end it turns out, this is also only a way to shift the blame from Clintons fail as a candidate to something else. In this case to Bernie Sanders. The reality is: Bernie did not get Trump elected, Clinton lost on her own.