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SASKO 8/2/16 (CLAIRE SASKO, Author at Philadelphia Magazine ,Clinton’s Favorability Surges in
Pennsylvania Poll After Democratic Convention, http://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/08/02/pollclinton-favorability-up-pennsylvania/#RDb5i6c26CpYwqmV.99)RazzleDazzle
Many supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders appear rigid in their opposition to Clinton,
according to the poll. Clinton received just a 5/64 favorability rating among Sanders’s supporters in
Pennsylvania, compared to a 4/83 rating nationally. Sanders’s supporters in Pennsylvania gave Trump a
comparable favorability rating of 5/58. The “undecideds,” according to the poll, are largely Democraticleaning voters “who still just don’t like Hillary Clinton.” The poll found that undecideds would prefer
Barack Obama as president compared to Trump by 30 points in Pennsylvania and 49 points nationally.
Sanders voters are skeptical of how far HRC is willing to go on climate- plan rallies
Bernie supporters
Lindsay 8/2/16 (Rowena Lindsay, Rowena Lindsay is an intern with the Social First team at the
Monitor. How climate change has reemerged on the campaign trail,
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0802/How-climate-change-has-reemerged-on-thecampaign-trail)RazzleDazzle
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has moved left and made renewable energy a central part of her
platform, while Republican candidate Donald Trump has gone dramatically in the opposite direction,
expressing skepticism about human-caused climate change and promising to deregulate the fossil fuel industry and to reject both the Paris
climate accord and President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Yet what this
election has revealed is not just bipartisanship,
but splits within the parties themselves. “The elevated conversation about climate change in this
election is truly historic,” Gene Karpinski, the president of the League of Conservation Voters, who addressed the Democratic
convention on Thursday, told The New York Times. “In 2012, no one asked about it and the candidates didn’t talk
about it. In 2008, the candidates were in the same place, so no one talked about it. They’ve never talked about it this much, and the contrast
between candidates has never been sharper.” Although climate change has long been an important issue for
Democrats, in the past the topic was generally avoided because any proposed hike in energy prices
would be too politically risky. However, Mr. Obama’s commitment to addressing climate change over
the past eight years changed that mindset and helped push climate change to forefront of many liberal
voters' minds in this election. Yet it has not united the party. Former secretary of State Clinton is pushing for increased use of
renewable energy and an end to tax breaks for oil companies. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) of Vermont pushed for a tax on carbon emissions
or a ban on fracking, but failed to get these stipulations onto the party’s platform before withdrawing from the
presidential race. Many of his supporters are skeptical about how far Clinton's commitment to climate
change will reach.
Bernie supporters key to HRC victory
Holthaus 7/25/16 (Eric Holthaus, Climate Voters Finally Matter. Can Clinton Convince Them? The
state of the universe. July 25 2016 8:03 PM The Climate Change Election Hillary needs to realize—soon—
that her chances of becoming president hinge on climate voters) RazzleDazzle
On Monday, former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addressed a rally of his supporters and delegates in Philadelphia, just a few hours
before he was set to address the opening night of the Democratic National Convention and the now inevitable nomination of his former rival,
Hillary Clinton. It did not go well. “We have got to defeat Donald Trump, and we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine,” Sanders said.
For that, he was met with a chorus of boos. “Brothers and
sisters, this is the real world that we live in,” Sanders
pleaded with the crowd. It was a visceral moment, but his supporters, many of whom have campaigned
fiercely for the environmentthemselves, were not swayed by his pleas. Adding to the sense of urgency,
the exchange came on a day where the heat index reached as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit on the
East Coast—the hottest day in years, and one of the hottest ever measured in Philadelphia. Sure, those who
booed Sanders on Monday probably represent a minority of his overall supporters. But it turns out that this minority—the one
that believes climate change is an issue of singular importance worth hanging your vote on—could be
large enough to swing the election this year, if they decide to stay home or vote for Jill Stein, the Green
Party candidate. At first blush, the behavior of Sanders’ delegates on Monday seems wrong-headed and
unnecessarily divisive at a time that calls for unity. But imagine if you believed the future of the planet
was at stake. That life as we know it—maybe for us, but surely for our children—will irrevocably change
in the near future. Sanders voters found solace in a candidate who understood this problem so
intuitively and transparently that he called it our country’s “greatest threat to national security.” For
climate-focused voters, this is a bad situation to be in. Advertisement And now, understandably, they’ve had a hard time adjusting
to the presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton, a candidate who both defends her past support for the
fossil fuel industry, and continues to pay them lip service. For climate-focused voters, this is a bad situation to be in.
Bernie is out, and the remaining choices all seem fatally flawed. On the one hand, you can vote for Hillary Clinton, the
(until very recently) unabashedly pro-fracking candidate. Or, you can vote for Jill Stein, who’s currently
polling at around 5 percent nationally. (Stein would need three times that support to even make the debate stage this fall.)
Meanwhile, the other party’s candidate is Donald Trump—who, if elected, would be the world’s only
climate-denying head of state. It feels like there are no good options. The stakes are enormously high.
And that means, for the first time in history, the climate caucus feels big enough to matter, or at least,
it’s big enough to be worth courting. This small but increasingly vocal minority of the country understands what we’re up against,
and knows it will take an economic (if not political) revolution in order to bend the global greenhouse gas emissions trajectory fast enough to
avoid locking in dangerous, irreversible, planetary-scale change. When science tells you a certain type of policy is required, and you believe in
science, fighting for that policy is an eternal source of motivation. Advertisement A
recent Yale–George Mason survey tried to
quantify this perspective. Its survey found that in this election, 14 percent of voters rank climate change
as their No. 1 issue. During the Democratic primary campaign, those voters broke overwhelmingly for
Bernie Sanders. That same survey found that 90 percent of voters—including Republicans—would be
more likely to vote against a candidate if they were a climate change denier. Now, I’m all for “vote your
conscience.” Heck, I voted for Stein myself, in 2012. But Bernie supporters—especially those in swing states—need to
remember who the real villain is: Donald Trump, not Hillary Clinton. There’s never been a starker choice on climate
change in American history. The fact that Bernie supporters are essentially risking a Trump presidency, and they know it, is a good sign of how
much they care about climate change. But it’s a bad sign for the future of the country, and, for that matter, the world. Bernie
supporters
shouldn’t forget what his candidacy has already achieved: Hillary Clinton heads to the general election
on the strongest environmental platform of any presidential nominee, ever. The influence of Bernie
Sanders’ enthusiasm for the issue was a driving force in shaping that platform, and leading climate
activists have hailed it as a “monumental victory.” They’re right. The truth is, climate change has played
a central role in this election, right from the start. Bernie won over the climate-hawk wing of the
Democratic Party, I think mostly because of the clear sense of urgency he’s assigned to the issue. He’s helped transform climate from a
“someday” potential threat to a “now” issue. Hillary Clinton isn't threatening to remove the EPA from existence. Hillary Clinton doesn't talk
about the Clean Air Act like it's cancerous regulation that merely hinders development. Hillary Clinton isn't openly lusting over a dying coal
industry. More... Hillary
needs to make it known as loudly and as often as possible that she believes climate
change is a human rights issue, and there’s nothing more important. She needs to be clear that in
addition to the incremental steps she’s already announced, she’ll make significant further leaps to
address it—the kind of language Sanders used throughout his campaign. According to the latest
numbers fromFiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver, if the election were held today, Trump would likely win.
Hillary needs to assuage Bernie backers’ fears, and fast. What she needs to do now is convince climate
voters that her specific brand of incrementalism is the best way forward: After all, making steady, dayafter-day progress is better than just hoping for a carbon tax to magically make it through a hostile
Congress. Problem is, that’s a hard sell when you’re already convinced the world is burning down around you.
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Even after the convention Sanders supporters will not vote HRC- she opposes
everything Bernie stands for
Pramuk 16 ('Nothing' will make me vote Clinton: Some Bernie backers hold firm as DNC starts
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/25/nothing-will-make-me-vote-clinton-some-bernie-backers-hold-firmas-dnc-starts.html)
As Clinton appears set to lock up the nomination this week, those Sanders
supporters will soon have to decide whether
helping to defeat Trump is worth the cost of backing Clinton. While it is unclear how many Democrats
may refuse to vote for Clinton, it poses a risk to her in what has become a tighter race with Republican
nominee Trump. "This is going to be the election of voting against someone as opposed to voting for
someone. It's not really going to be about whether Hillary is going to get them to vote for her but
whether Trump will make them vote because they're so scared of him," said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola
Law School and vice president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission. Sanders, an independent from Vermont who caucuses with Democrats in
the Senate, energized millions of Democratic and independent voters in the primaries. He
drove his Clinton challenge with
rhetoric against Wall Street wealth and an entrenched political establishment, which many supporters
feel is embodied by Clinton. A common chant from protesters this week is "Hell no, DNC! We won't vote
for Hillary!" The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Some progressive voters feel
Clinton stands for the values Sanders opposes. Others think Sanders never had a chance and the
Democratic Party effectively crowned Clinton. The former secretary of state and first lady's
"establishment" reputation and handling of classified information on a private email server has
prompted criticism from across the political spectrum. The WikiLeaks release of Democratic Party emails
has only exacerbated the feeling among some that her nomination was inevitable. Sanders' recent endorsement
of Clinton, in which he pledged to do whatever necessary to beat the bombastic Trump, might have swayed some voters to Clinton. But
others say they will still support Sanders and even consider a mass de-registration from the Democratic
Party if he does not secure the nomination this week. Sanders did not concede when he endorsed Clinton. "'Bernie or Bust' is as
strong as ever, if not stronger. If the Democratic Party does not select him, we are having a de-registration party at the DNC," said
doctor and activist Laurie Cestnick, an organizer of Monday's "Occupy DNC" rally.
Bernie supporters are bent on Jill Stein
Goodman 8/1/16 ( H.A Goodman, Columnist published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Baltimore
Sun, The Hill, Salon, The Jerusalem Post www.hagoodman.com Bernie or Bust Voters Have a Home with
the Green Party’s Jill Stein agohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-or-bust-voters-have-ahome-with-the-green-partys_us_579ec6a9e4b004301c51811f)
The fear tactics used by the “fall in line” folks regarding Donald Trump ignore months of false accusations and insults hurled at Bernie
supporters by the Democratic establishment. While
Bernie Sanders has honorably played by the rules of the
Democratic Party, not all of his supporters are willing to endorse a Democratic hawk. From being labeled
Bernie Bros to violent extremists, the logic behind “falling in line” rewards such vile tactics, while
ignoring the WikiLeaks DNC emails showing a rigged primary. However, there’s a home for Bernie or
Bust voters, even after Senator Sanders endorsed Clinton. During her interview with Alice Speri, Stein articulated
what so many Clinton supporters can’t comprehend: “With Bernie supporters the floodgates have
opened, and they are here lock, stock, and barrel, and it’s been really wonderful.” As Stein explains, “the
two-party system is the worst-case scenario.” With Clinton, we’ll likely get the Trans-Pacific Partnership and she’s already
stated she wants to intensify the fight against ISIS, including more U.S. ground troops. Then of course, there won’t be any discussion of breaking
up Too Big to Fail banks with either Trump or Clinton, which ties into Stein’s viewpoint of the two-party system. As the for the American
president and foreign policy, it’s Congress that votes on gun control legislation, while the president can wage virtually unilateral war with the
AUMF. While Jill
Stein and Bernie Sanders have stated they oppose never-ending counterinsurgency wars
and quagmires, Hillary Clinton is now openly backed by Bush’s neoconservatives. Clinton’s neocon
backers are highlighted in an Interceptpiece by Rania Khalek titled Robert Kagan and Other Neocons Are
Backing Hillary Clinton: While Bernie or Bust voters view Iraq to be one of the fundamental causes of
today’s chaos in the Middle East, many neoconservatives believe it “turned out great.” Furthermore,
they hate Donald Trump, and while his obnoxious Tweets get all the headlines, it’s Clinton’s neocon
advisers that get lost in the media spin. As Ms. Khalek writes, Hillary Clinton “has the war hawks firmly
behind her.”