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Poll: 1 in 4 Sanders supporters won’t vote for Clinton
By Nick Gass
04/06/16 12:37 PM EDT
One out of every four Bernie Sanders supporters said they will not support Hillary Clinton in the general election if she is the Democratic Party’s standard bearer, according to the results of a McClatchy-Marist poll out Wednesday.
While 25 percent of Sanders backers said they would not support Clinton in November, 69 percent said they would vote for the former secretary of state.
Among Clinton supporters, just 14 percent said they would steer clear of voting for Sanders should he become the party’s nominee, with 79 percent saying they would get behind the Vermont senator.
Overall, the national survey released on the heels of Sanders’ resounding victory in Wisconsin found him leading Clinton 49 percent to 47 percent nationally, with Sanders holding wide advantages among those younger than 30, Latinos, political independents, unmarried people and those identifying as liberals. Clinton, meanwhile, leads by significant margins among those 60 and older, among African Americans, married people and those identifying as Democrats.
Wow! This caught me off guard, no question. Sounds not unlike the GOP v Trump, eh?Marist conducted the survey from March 29-31, surveying 1,066 registered voters, including 497 Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents. For that subsample, the margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/sanders-supporters-not-vote-clinton-221642
On the down side, it sounds like Cruz’ “New York values” dig at Trump back in Iowa could come back to haunt him, big time in NY. Cruz and New York (Manhattan) are like oil and water. But, give it time. Moderates went for Cruz in WI, for the first time. The corporate media (my thanks to Bernie for always using that phrase, I love it so much) have been wrong before. I feel like they have a vested interest in derailing Cruz: he scares the living daylights out of them (see: “prolife, yes, really”) and he is bad ratings. I think they actually love the nuttiness of Trump, lots of sound and fury…then Hillary wins. They particularly like Trump’s antagonism within the GOP, the damage it does. They will be disappointed to see Cruz gain any support in the East. I expect it.