Fewer than half of Bernie Sanders backers in Texas say they'll vote for Clinton, poll shows

The Dallas Morning News ^ | June 27, 2016 | Bobby Blanchard

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Texas supporters of Bernie Sanders are more reluctant to support Hillary Clinton than Ted Cruz supporters are to support Donald Trump, according to a new poll released Monday morning.

The University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll found Texas voters who supported Cruz's presidential campaign are more likely to support Trump than Sanders supporters are to support Clinton. Nearly 70 percent of Cruz voters are ready to vote for Trump, but just 40 percent of Sanders supporters are ready to vote for the former secretary of state.

"Sanders has been reluctant to throw in the towel and endorse Clinton. That's showing in these numbers," said James Henson, a UT-Austin professor and the director of the Texas Politics Project. "Clinton has plenty of time to work with Sanders and his supporters. But I think the ball is very much in Sanders' court right now. The Sanders' voters are likely in large numbers to follow the lead of their candidate. But he's gotta lead them to that place."(continued)

[deport]

Texas doesn’t matter a hill of beans...just as NY,CA,MA or IL don’t.

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You are absolutely correct in that Texas will go GOP in the General. The election will
come down to a few swing states as you say and I’d put FL in that mix.

[Biggirl]

Or jump ship for Trump.

[Crucial]

Trump’s got the South, lock stock and barrel, at least half of the Northeast and a good portion of the West, IMHO. And really, his campaign is really just starting to get traction.