ELECTION 2020

[HairOfTheDog]

Anyway, I'm voting for Bernie in tomorrow's primary, but ready to vote for Biden in the November general election if he secures the Democratic nomination.

You're a good American, HotD. Not all Bernie supporters feel as you do, it's Bernie or nothing.

I think (hope) you'll probably be surprised about how many people who agree with Bernie's beefs and his concepts are open to Biden as well.

I've never encountered "Bernie Bros" or any "Bernie or Bust" folks.  I've just read and heard about them second-hand. 

In any case, I don't hold Bernie or any other candidate responsible for attracting some extreme dipshits  unless the candidate is spouting/driving the extremist vitriol.  I have never seen Bernie do that; I've only seen him condemn it repeatedly.

Anyhow, Bernie was the second choice for a lot of people who voted for other candidates in the early Democratic caucuses and primaries, and Biden was the second choice for a lot of Bernie supporters -- according to the exit polls. 

So, I think Biden has strong potential to bring in the vast majority of Bernie supporters (the ones who vote, anyway).  

Plus, Bernie's one of the most concise and frequent critics of Donald Trump -- he wants Trump dumped in a major way and doesn't appear to have any qualms with wholeheartedly getting behind Biden if the people choose Biden over him.  He endorsed and campaigned for Hillary Clinton and it's estimated that she got 87% of his voters.

I think Biden could get even more Bernie supporters than Hillary did, in part because, unlike 2016, it's the peoples' votes only (without the superdelegates) which will determine the 2020 Democratic nominee.  That, in my opinion, will make even Bernie's most die-hard supporters less resistant to the Democratic nominee and will result in Bernie endorsing and campaigning for Biden well ahead of the convention when/if it becomes mathematically clear that Bernie has no delegate path to victory.