In all this discussion about the loss, saw something go by on Twitter today about a poll looking at how many Bernie supporters in the primary ended up voting for Trump in the general.
WI: 9% of Sanders voters voted for Trump.
MI: 8% of Sanders voters voted for Trump.
PA: 16% of Sanders voters voted for Trump.
3/n— Brian Schaffner (@b_schaffner) August 22, 2017
He had a thread elaborating on some of this today:
Some asked for more detail on how Sanders primary voters behaved in general. This graphic shows this, including small % who abstained 2/n pic.twitter.com/iOjKr7eoYJ
— Brian Schaffner (@b_schaffner) August 23, 2017
ANES asked general elex voters in 08/16 who they voted for in primary. Sanders’ voters voted for Trump @ same rate Clinton’s did for McCain. pic.twitter.com/PIMWq3k4qC
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 23, 2017
Poor guy.
This WAS surprising based on my priors, which was main reason I tweeted it. Tho starting to wish I hadn’t given current state of my mentions
— Brian Schaffner (@b_schaffner) August 23, 2017