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In reply to the discussion: Sanders brushes off Clinton criticism: 'Look forward and not backward' [View all]karynnj
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independents who never voted for a Democrat. To hold Sanders accountable for getting ALL of these voters to vote for HRC is crazy. Not to mention, in the only analysis I saw 10% of Sanders voters voted for Trump; while 25% of Clinton voters voted for McCain in 2008. Just as Clinton worked hard for Obama and still could not transfer the loyalty of that 25%, Sanders could not transfer the loyalty of 10% of his.
(PS I do not credit Sanders over Clinton because of the percents -- I suspect that there were MORE people who had picked Hillary because of her experience -- and went for McCain for the same reason. With the Sanders people, from that same survey, the Sanders/Trump voters had a 20 percent approval rating of Obama --- these were basically Republicans who were willing to go for Sanders over the Republican choices, but not Clinton. )