That is that Bernie Sanders’ backers helped elect Trump. According to the surveys, from 6 to 12 percent of Bernie Sanders’ voters voted for Trump. Four, the Sanders voting Democrats were not loyal Democrats but voted for Bernie solely because of his appeal on jobs, slamming Wall Street, and single payer health care. However, not voting, writing in Sanders’ name, or voting third party is one thing, but voting for Trump is something far different. Now the real question is did Democrats learn lessons from the Sanders’ backer’s defection to Trump?

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2017 18:45 UTC