2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 33% of Bernie Sanders Supporters Won't Back Hillary in the General [View all]creeksneakers2
(7,497 posts)"And each side's supporters say they would support the other candidate: among Sanders' supporters, 19 percent say they would not support Clinton, while just 11 percent of Clinton's supporters would not support Sanders."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-leads-bernie-sanders-in-national-cbsnyt-poll/
Plus we would get some of those people back.
After this, any far left candidate should not receive consideration from the voters in primaries. This is like if you and a coworker decided to play poker with your whole paychecks. You win, but as soon as you do, you coworker grabs his stake back out of the pot and says he doesn't believe in poker. The people who won't support the nominee are liars and cheaters of the system they took part in.