I have only anecdotal data: The dozen or so BernieBros that I know all sat the entire election out. I have maintained contact with about half of them, and only two have acknowledged that I was right when I said that the 2016 election was more about SCOTUS than who was elected President.
I have only anecdotal data: The dozen or so BernieBros that I know all sat the entire election out. I have maintained contact with about half of them, and only two have acknowledged that I was right when I said that the 2016 election was more about SCOTUS than who was elected President.
That has not been my experience, but, especially now in retirement, my contacts are not many. In the primaries, Sanders delegate total was not that far from Clinton's, especially in terns of non-"Superdelegates", so clearly it was not a majority of those voters who initially supported Sanders who did not ultimately vote for Clinton. Also, it's more work than I want to take on, but my suspicion is that some most contested states would not have been big on Sanders support compared to others that might have been less Trump friendly anyway, but that's only me speculating. With our anti-democratic EC, not all votes are equal to others.
I have only anecdotal data: The dozen or so BernieBros that I know all sat the entire election out. I have maintained contact with about half of them, and only two have acknowledged that I was right when I said that the 2016 election was more about SCOTUS than who was elected President.
That has not been my experience, but, especially now in retirement, my contacts are not many. In the primaries, Sanders delegate total was not that far from Clinton's, especially in terns of non-"Superdelegates", so clearly it was not a majority of those voters who initially supported Sanders who did not ultimately vote for Clinton. Also, it's more work than I want to take on, but my suspicion is that some most contested states would not have been big on Sanders support compared to others that might have been less Trump friendly anyway, but that's only me speculating. With our anti-democratic EC, not all votes are equal to others.