Many, many Bernie supporters are throwing in with Gary Johnson.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Just saw that posted. Please tell me what a Democratic Socialist and a Libertarian have in common?

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/06/14/24214525/hillary-crushing-trump-in-new-poll/comments

[teamster633]

1. What they have in common is that neither are Democrats.

[Tommy2Tone]

2. These are people Bernie attracted

Loser

[dlwickham]

3. too much drug usage?

[Squinch]

4. I don't see that anywhere in the linked article.

All I see is a passing comment to that effect by a joe schmo in the comments section.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. 7th comment

Copied the first sentence verbatim.

[Squinch]

11. Yeah, but there is no reason to think the guy is right. I'll believe it when I see something with

any kind of analysis.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. I don't believe he's right either

Just an odd comment consider the two's political philosophies are so different

[creeksneakers2]

31. Sanders = 22% Trump / 11% Johnson

"The poll found that more than half of Sanders backers are planning to support Clinton, with 22 percent leaning toward Trump and 11 percent to Johnson"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/14/a-new-poll-shows-clinton-up-12-on-trump-because-it-comes-at-a-great-time-for-clinton/

My theory is that Sanders voters believe that nonsense about the race being fixed and they want to get even.

[BlueMTexpat]

38. I think that 33% would never have

voted for Hillary Clinton in the first place.

Let them go where they are most comfortable. They are likely the nastiest of Bernie's supporters in any event and we don't want - or need - them.

[TwilightZone]

12. Eh, I don't buy it.

If they think Hillary is too far right, Johnson would make no sense.

Not that they always make sense. lol

[TwilightZone]

5. Johnson's a right-libertarian, no less. Outside of a couple of issues, he's a conservative.

It's probably the same pattern as 2012. He started high - 8% or so - and ended with 1%.

[Her Sister]

7. Similar vowels plus l and t and r

There I found the answer! Genius me!

[radical noodle]

8. Drugs?

Either they don't know what Libertarians believe in or they were never really Bernie supporters. Fat chance they'll ever get any of Bernie's ideas started with Libertarians.

[sweetloukillbot]

39. If your only issue is legalization I can see throwing in with Johnson

And there are a lot here who that seems to be the only issue...

[radical noodle]

47. I can't think of many other things they have

in common with Sanders.

[msongs]

9. highly suspect this is mostly baloney from a few hard core hold outs not most nt

[jamese777]

10. Its Where They Belong

If they are not Democrats or left-leaning Independents. They should be able to enjoy being 1% of the vote.

[Rose Siding]

13. Guess they weren't serious about that whole free college thing

Johnson wants to abolish public ed.

[sharp_stick]

14. I can't see any "serious" Bernie Sanders supporter

doing this. that being said I don't think a lot of the Bernibro assholes that have crawled out of the woodwork over the last few months have ever been actual supporters. Most of them have been nothing more than trolls trying to fuck with people.

[workinclasszero]

15. They were both fake democrats

for Bernie.

[postatomic]

22. I think I read where they are changing the jury system

On your post.....

On Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:39 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

They were both fake democrats
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=166221

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Calling Senator Sanders a fake Democrat is over the top, Skinner said for all intents an purposes Bernie ran as a Democrat and is one,enough of this kind of bashing of both Hillary and Bernie.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:43 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Same post in other part of thread. Why this one? Don't see it.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Alerter needs to read more carefully. Post does not insult Sanders; it insults Sanders supporters who would vote Libertarian over voting for HRC. And it should insult such people, if they exist.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's a joke, all two of them.
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

I just hope that The Hive won't be able to play even more games.

[livetohike]

16. Don't worry. They won't bother to vote. n/t

[chillfactor]

18. my, my!

Bernie supporters hanging on to a republican not an independent? really? When did they lose their brains? I live in New Mexico..johnson was a full-bloodied republican when he was the governor of this state.

[Agnosticsherbet]

19. Anyone who supports Johnson are not liberals or progressives or socialist of any kind.

They are Libertarians and were Libertarians when they supported Sanders.

[DavidDvorkin]

20. Fuck them.

[Starry Messenger]

21. Gary thinks income taxes are evil.

I can't think that anyone who supported Bernie's economic plans would be that crazy.

[SaschaHM]

23. And these people think they should be deciding the democratic nominee....

If you want to pack up your shit and leave when you don't get your way, you should have no say in what the democratic party does.

[ismnotwasm]

24. They have Jack shit in common

Just another sign of extreme political ignorance in some people

[WhiteTara]

25. Smoking Pot. nt

[sweetloukillbot]

40. Bingo.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

26. Nothing

But a lot of people are clueless.

[SunSeeker]

27. Do they realize Johnson wants to abolish the IRS?

[Koinos]

28. Johnson also wants to cut -- by 40% at least -- Social Security and Medicare.

That doesn't sound like Sanders either.

[eastwestdem]

29. Totally odd. Makes you wonder if any of them have ever studied the different political ideologies.

Probably why none of them could ever explain HOW Sanders intended to accomplish his promises.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. I don't think it's "many" but I do think it's WEED.

Pretty simple.

[Koinos]

32. Legalization of marijuana is a big issue for Libertarians and some Sanders supporters.

[Maru Kitteh]

33. It's one of the issues he polled among college kids before he ran

No great coincidence that's where all of his pep rallies were.

[Freddie]

34. Yep. A Libertarian is...

A republican who likes to get high.

[WhiteTara]

41. Libertarians are simply Republicans who

who like to smoke pot.

[Maru Kitteh]

43. And like govt roads, schools, fire depts, etc. but don't want to pay taxes

[obamanut2012]

35. Both are male

[beachbum bob]

36. pretty much sour grapes with some of sanders followers...there is little in common

between sanders and johnson's policies....a small minority at best...others will waste their votes on green party....in both cases, their egos are way more important to them than the welfare of our country

[Koinos]

37. A number of Bernie's followers were Libertarians anyway.

They oppose government or the "establishment" and advocate legalization of drugs. They are fiscally conservative and socially "laissez-faire." They oppose taxes of any kind, and they believe that family and friends -- not the government -- should provide for the elderly and the needy. Libertarians oppose expansion of social services, including education, social security, and health care. They are against government regulations and taxes, so I doubt they would be too interested in fighting climate change, breaking up the big banks, and providing free college. In fact, they are opposed to practically everything Bernie stands for.

Truthfully, I do not think Bernie's actual positions interested this faction very much. They are anti-establishment and they champion "individualism" (self-interest as opposed to the common good). They are predominantly white, mostly male, and relatively narcissistic. They have more in common with Ayn Rand and Rand Paul than they have with Bernie. They run candidates, but they end up voting solidly Republican. I think Bernie didn't care where his support came from, so long as he got it. I suspect that many young people at his rallies didn't know a whole lot or care a whole lot about his "Democratic Socialist" positions.

[WhiteTara]

42. Sounds right to me. nt

[geek tragedy]

45. yeah, similar to the guys in 2008 who were deciding between Obama and Ron Paul.

I met these guys in Iowa. Just smiled and promoted Obama, saw them at caucus night.

[geek tragedy]

44. the dead-ender cranks will gravitate towards another crank, crankitude trumps ideology

the sane, rational Sanders supporters have already begun turning the page from the primary and looking to the battle with Trump

[Yavin4]

46. This is why there shouldn't be open primaries

A political party is comprised of people who have similar core principles. If folks who don't share those principles can invade the party, then the message of the party gets muddled.