From Gwen Graham - THIS is the way to do it!

[George II]

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[sprinkleeninow]

1. Class. Brava! eom

[MLAA]

8. +1

[sheshe2]

2. That is EXACTLY the way to do it.

Thanks George.

[MattP]

3. Didn't the other Democrat in the race spend 10 million on attack ads on her

Jeff Greene spent more on attacking her than she spent all together

[radical noodle]

9. Jeff Greene thinks trump is a nice guy

What a dope.

[2naSalit]

4. Indeed!

[MaryMagdaline]

5. Great message!

[Gothmog]

6. Yeah

[Cha]

7. Yes! You get on board immediately and enthusiastically!

You don't pout and whine 'cause the winner got more votes than you did.

Gwen Graham

[radical noodle]

12. It can make a huge difference in November

I wish others would have been able to manage being a gracious loser.

[Cha]

13. I know exactly what you mean, rad.

Really too bad.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. It Does?

I Haven't seen evidence of that beyond opinion.

[radical noodle]

22. Of course it does

When one candidate quickly gets behind the winning candidate without whining and pouting like a child, it's easier for the supporters of the losing candidate to switch without hard feelings.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. An Opinion To Support An Opinion?

I see no actual evidence that what you claim is true.

[LanternWaste]

25. No doubt, a sincere query would satisfy itself by research.

Yet curiosity is often a much more convenient and simplistic pretense than finding answers.

[mythology]

32. You should direct the snark to the people above

They are making the claim, one that looks rather laughable if you consider a higher proportion of Sanders 2016 primary supporters voted for Clinton in the 2016 general election than Clinton 2008 primary supporters voted for Obama in the 2008 general election. In fact Sanders supporters were in line with historical averages of about 10%. If they want to assert that Clinton lost because Sanders didn't concede as quickly as they like, they need to support the assertion rather than just stating it as a fact.

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds

A more important caveat, perhaps, is that other statistics suggest that this level of "defection" isn't all that out of the ordinary. Believing that all those Sanders voters somehow should have been expected to not vote for Trump may be to misunderstand how primary voters behave.
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For example, Schaffner tells NPR that around 12 percent of Republican primary voters (including 34 percent of Ohio Gov. John Kasich voters and 11 percent of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio voters) ended up voting for Clinton. And according to one 2008 study, around 25 percent of Clinton primary voters in that election ended up voting for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the general. (In addition, the data showed 13 percent of McCain primary voters ended up voting for Obama, and 9 percent of Obama voters ended up voting for McCain — perhaps signaling something that swayed voters between primaries and the general election, or some amount of error in the data, or both.)

Some studies show a negative impact of a contentious primary - although it specifically looked at southern states with runoff voting, not necessarily representative of the U.S. as a whole. Others like 538, don't see a strong relationship.

https://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11593668/close-primaries-general-election

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/sanders-shouldnt-drop-out-for-clintons-sake/

[radical noodle]

38. Would you have preferred that Graham

began to complain about the results, claim it wasn't fair and ask her supporters to stay on board with her for a few more weeks?

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. When you lose you pretend you NEVER said a SINGLE word that you did say in the

campaign because that is how you do it, that is how you help others WIN.

And then you help that person ANY way you can, period.

[radical noodle]

10. They are friends

(Gillum and Graham). She invited Gillum to be her guest at Obama's next-to-last State of the Union address.

[WheelWalker]

11. Right on !

[SunSeeker]

14. K & R

[DesertRat]

15. Awesome! K&R

[BigmanPigman]

16. She didn't wait to get behind the winner and encourage her

voters to back him now. I wish ALL candidates would be so prompt with their endorsements. It DOES make a big difference in elections that are especially close and important.

[Scurrilous]

17. K&R

[Achilleaze]

18. k and r

Thank you Ms. Graham

[smirkymonkey]

19. K&R

Very gracious.

[Vinca]

21. Very classy to move so fast.

[QC]

24. We should all follow her fine example. n/t

[H2O Man]

26. Recommended!

Powerful!

[BlueJac]

28. k&R

[Soxfan58]

29. Class act!

[msdogi]

30. a grown up!

love this response, sure wish there was more of this attitude, focus on the big picture and work together as Democrats!

[lark]

31. Love her and am proud to have voted for her in primary.

Now, I will be very proud to vote for Andrew Gillum in the general. I will be clling his campaign if I can find the # and volunteering to help in whatever way I can.

[IronLionZion]

33. Or we can fight amongst ourselves in a way that hands it to the GOP

[GregD]

34. hell yeah

that's what we need - coming together for a common goal.

[FakeNoose]

35. I remember in 2008 Hillary did something very similar for Obama

She didn't win the Party's nomination on her first time out, but she still did everything she could to secure a win for the Democrats. Gwen Graham gets it, and so does Hillary!

[George II]

36. A few days after the convention in 2008, she hopped on Obama's kickoff bus tour with him....

....and she enthusiastically campaigned for him through Election Day.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

37. They need to find her another office to run for

A classy Democratic mind is a terrible thing to waste