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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
Let's say that Hillary wins the Democratic nomination.
Let's also say that Trump wins the Republican nomination.
Given that young people typically don't turn out to vote, let's also say that 75% of Sanders' supporters---the "young, militant left, ultra progressives"--- decide to just stay home on election day.
Do you honestly think that, on election day, Hillary's supporters---the mostly older women and a few older men, and various minority groups---will outnumber those of Trump's?
I don't.
Because angry people are incentivized to vote. As are those who absolutely do not want the opponent to win. And both of those groups are tremendous populations that Hillary has to overcome in order to win.
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Thats all fine with me. IMO Sanders would be an NDP in Alberta level disaster as POTUS. My order of preference would be Clinton > Any GOP nom > Sanders. The worst part about Sanders (other than his pie in the sky platform) is his supporters. They are perhaps the single most insufferable community on the internet right now. I think I lean a little bit left in general myself, but the people that are falling off the scale left are as bad or worse to me than the far right (yeah, Im an evil, terrible human being, I know). Im glad to see that, barring a minor miracle, it looks like Hillary might be pretty much in the clear after tonight.