New polling from ABC suggests that Donald Trump is primed to win over a significant share of Bernie Sanders primary voters in the November general election, suggesting that some of Bernieâs Bros donât intend to bend the knee to likely establishment Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The poll reveals that 15% of self-identifying Bernie Sanders supporters already plan on voting for Trump in November. President Trump ultimately ended up winning the votes of 12% of 2016 Sanders supporters, suggesting heâs increased his appeal to the democratic socialistâs supporters.
Some centrist Democrats have Perhaps even more significantly, the poll shows that Biden gauges the lowest ever recorded âenthusiasm levelâ for a Democratic Presidential nominee. A paltry 24% of likely Biden voters describe themselves as âvery enthusiasticâ to vote for him in November. of Sanders(and some Gabbard) supporters on account of their perceived unwillingness to vote for the Democratic nominee, forgetting that itâs the obligation of American political candidates to win the votes of citizens who chose to support their opponents in primaries.
While Trump and Sanders are on opposite ends of the American political spectrum, they could be compared in a sense that theyâre both considered political populists. Trumpâs policy positions on trade, some foreign policy, and American manufacturing are closer to the Sandersâ views than Joe Bidenâs reheated neoliberal political program.
Perhaps even more significantly, the poll shows that Biden gauges the lowest ever recorded âenthusiasm levelâ for a Democratic Presidential nominee. A paltry 24% of likely Biden voters describe themselves as âvery enthusiasticâ to vote for him in November.â