http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/opinions/bernie-or-bust-and-lessons-of-1968-opinion-lubet-bendat/index.html
This article describes how, increasingly, Bernie Sander's supporters claim that if Bernie doesn't get the party nomination, they refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton, a fellow democrat. Their rationale is that they hate Hillary and feel she would be an untrustworthy president.
This compares to the 1960s when the hippies were protesting war. In 1968 the election Humprey and Nixon were the two candidates with a third party man named George Wallace. Although Humphrey had a past of supporting civil rights and was anti-war, young liberals were repulsed and did not vote, resulting in Nixon as president. If forced to choose, Nixon, a rabid conservative, would be the last choice.
Moral of the story: Young Liberals need to suck it up and vote for the party leader if they really care about the future of this country
yes but at the core telling us we have to vote for somebody so some else worse won't get elected is a subversion of democracy and does nothing to address the institutionalized issues within the 2 party system we currently have.
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