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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Actually there was a poll (I will try to find it and post a link if I can) that suggested around 13% of Cruz' primary voters intend to vote for Clinton in the fall now that it is clear Trump will be the nominee. That isn't a huge number (it's a subset of a subset) but given the polarization of politics in the US, it's frankly astonishing.
By contrast, I highly doubt very many Sanders supporters will vote for Trump. Sanders has broad support among younger voters, a demographic within which Trump is incredibly unpopular.
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They were saying on one of the politics shows (don't remember which site) that there is something like 10% or so of Sanders supporters that will jump over to Trump rather than Hillary. Most of those people are attracted to the idea of a political outsider and agree with Trump on trade and health care.
They said there was another 25% or so of them that wouldn't vote at all if Hillary is their choice. Meanwhile it has been established that Trump's core support is rock solid. I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers change around a bit once it becomes a 1 on 1 matchup.