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Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds
Sanders is almost believable. Agreed that he does seem to represent the average American voter, that's his main appeal. His platform will be seen as too radical though IMO, and he will be stonewalled by congress in the off chance he actually makes POTUS.
Other posters mentioned it earlier in this thread, but I absolutely agree with them that Sanders dropping out could swing much of his support over to Trump.
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If/when Sanders drops out, I'd guess that the lion's share of his supporters are either going to no-show or go to Hillary. At least of the Sanders supporters I know, the realization is that Hillary is far from perfect, she's basically equally as beholden to Wall Street as are the GOP candidates (again, Trump is already a millionaire, and his tax plan favors the top 20% of earners, he doesn't actually have the middle class in mind for anything).
But whereas most of the GOP candidates are going to not only screw us fiscally--they're also going to attempt to undo the social progress that has been made. They're going to try to undo marriage equality, they're going to do their best to stop the progression toward LGBT equality, they're going to try to make abortion impossible if not flat out illegal. Even Kasich, who is relatively moderate in this GOP field--he's made huge regression on women's healthcare access in Ohio in his time in office, and as a woman of child-bearing age, that's a huge sticking point for me.
Hillary isn't the best choice, but she's far from the worst.