{"id":10220,"date":"2016-06-09T01:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2016-06-09T01:36:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T06:36:19","slug":"what-bernie-followers-face-now-thoughtful-reporters-take-a-360o-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/what-bernie-followers-face-now-thoughtful-reporters-take-a-360o-look\/","title":{"rendered":"What Bernie & followers face now: thoughtful reporters take a 360\u00ba look"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: Suffolk University\/USA Today poll<\/figcaption><\/figure>Record reporters Herb Jackson & Christopher Maag take a look at the choices facing Bernie Sanders and his supporters<\/a> following big end of primary season losses in delegate-heavy states California and New Jersey. I’m quoted in the article:<\/p>\n

But some Sanders supporters in New Jersey say they are sticking with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a loyal Democrat all my life, but at this point, I\u2019ll tell you the truth, I may resign from the Democratic Party after this election,\u201d said Kim Wei of Fair Lawn, who with her son, Ivan, was on the ballot as a Sanders delegate.<\/p>\n

Clinton beat Sanders by 26 percentage points in New Jersey, winning every county but Sussex and Warren, which are home to just 2 percent of the Democratic votes cast statewide. Trump, whose only opposition was from a handful of supporters of Ted Cruz and John Kasich calling for a protest vote, won every county, and 81 percent of the vote statewide.<\/p>\n

Wei said she was turned off by stories during this year\u2019s primary season of polling places being closed by Democratic officials to suppress the Sanders vote , and she accused Clinton supporters of gaming the system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: Fair Lawn, Bergen County District 06 Ballot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My son, Ivan, is quoted too. We were both selected as Bernie delegates to the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n

Ivan Wei said he\u2019d support Clinton if it came down to a choice between her and Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m hoping for a contested convention, especially seeing how Bernie Sanders is a better candidate against Trump,\u201d Wei said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Only one primary is left, that’s\u00a0DC next Tuesday, the 14 June. But as the District of Columbia only has 20 pledged delegates to award, the results of this past Tuesday are pretty much the end point for this year’s Democratic Party primaries. Now, we have to see what Bernie intends to do and<\/em> what his followers are planning to do, too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Record reporters Herb Jackson & Christopher Maag take a look at the choices facing Bernie Sanders and his supporters following big end of primary season losses in delegate-heavy states California and New Jersey. I’m quoted in the article: But some Sanders supporters in New Jersey say they are sticking with him. \u201cI\u2019ve been a loyal … <\/p>\n

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