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To: epicure who wrote (402404)	3/11/2019 8:55:29 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542139

I was posting on IHUB at the time and one of the very liberal posters went full Sarah Palin fan when Obama got the nomination, and she wasn't the only one... Obviously this wasn't a huge percentage of Dem voters, but still mindbogglingly surprising that some voters will vote out of spite, or not vote at all, like a certain percentage of die-hard Bernie's did > PRINCETON, NJ -- A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true for Hillary Clinton supporters, more than a quarter of whom currently say they would vote for McCain if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee. ....This suggests that some Clinton supporters are so strongly opposed to Obama (or so loyal to Clinton) that they would go so far as to vote for the "other" party's candidate next November if Obama is the Democratic nominee. news.gallup.com

To: epicure who wrote (402404)	3/11/2019 9:02:03 PM
From: Dracin72	2 Recommendations Recommended By koan Sun Tzu Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542139

"Do you have any evidence of spiteful Hillary supporters during the Obama race? I saw nothing about such an issue." The PUMAs—which, depending on the temperament of the person asked, stood for People United Means Action or, more likely, Party Unity My Ass—were a group of disillusioned, mostly Democratic voters who protested the nomination of then-Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic Party nominee in 2008. In their view, party leadership machinations (remember the "super delegates?") robbed Clinton of the nomination. In the weeks between Obama surpassing the delegate threshold and his formal nomination at the convention, these PUMAs appeared dozens of times on cable news to defend Clinton and to promise mischief at the nominating convention and in the general election. Their anger epitomized a wider unrest that has been mostly forgotten as Obama went on to win two general elections: In the days before the convention, only 47 percent of Clinton supporters said they were certain to vote for Obama. newrepublic.com