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Originally Posted by wittynickname
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.
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I don't really disagree with your assessment wittynickname, but you must realize that while there are people on the same side of those issues as yourself, there are many who are on the other side, and it will drive policy proposals towards serving the wants of constituents? As well as many voters who simply do not care for those issues, for better or worse, and are either indifferent or entrenched in identity politics.
Whats left of the field of candidates are all poor choices.