The Democratic Party is much more unified right now than it was 8 years ago

Here’s a reality check for people spending a lot of time wondering whether Bernie Sanders’s supporters will support Hillary Clinton if, as seems overwhelmingly likely, she is the Democratic nominee.

• The most recent CBS/New York Times poll shows that 6 percent of Democratic primary voters (many of whom, as we’ve learned in this campaign, are not registered Democrats) say they won’t support Clinton, plus another 2 percent who say they’re not sure.
• Back in late May 2008, a CBS/New York Times poll found that 12 percent of Democratic primary voters said they would vote for John McCain, plus 3 percent who said they wouldn’t vote and 4 percent who weren’t sure.

Obama needed, in other words, to overcome a hurdle that was twice as big as the one facing Clinton.

And for a sanity check, note that this aligns with other independent indicators For the full article click here 

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