Subject: FYI.......
From: "Garcia, Walter" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 14:35:51 -0700

Voters supporting Bernie Sanders in June are ready to back Clinton in November<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-live-updates-west-virginia-primary-trailguide-05102016-htmlstory.html>
By Chris Megerian, LA Times

Bernie Sanders received a rapturous welcome from supporters in Stockton and Sacramento this week, but many of them are prepared to back Hillary Clinton if the Vermont senator doesn't pull off an upset victory in the Democratic primary.

"If he's not available, I'll vote for her," said Jesse Medina, 60, after hearing a rousing speech from Sanders in Stockton on Tuesday morning.

The conversations reflect the results from a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll <http://www.latimes.com/la-pol-ca-latimes-democratic-primary-poll-20160328-story.html> released in March, when nearly 8 out of 10 Sanders supporters said they would vote for Clinton if she were the nominee.

A willingness to back Clinton over Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, does not signify an eager embrace of the former secretary of State, someone who many young liberals remain skeptical or even hostile toward.

Drake Aguilar, 20, described Clinton as a "flip flopper" and "dishonest" as he waited for Sanders to speak in Sacramento on Monday night.

Nonetheless, he was prepared to vote for her, and expected she would be the nominee.

"When it comes down to her and Trump, I'll be voting for her," he said.

The comments often reflect the level to which the potential of a Trump presidency could act as a unifying force among Democrats, no matter who wins the party's nomination.

"You just don't want someone like him in office," said Nicole Kurian, 20.

Not everyone was willing to cast a ballot for Clinton in the fall.

"I'd either write in Bernie's name or stay home," said Tim Feaster, 22.

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Walter Garcia
Western Regional Press Secretary
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
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