Bernie Sanders supporters reluctantly turn to Joe Biden, fueled by their dislike of Donald Trump – By Ledyard King (USA Today) / May 17 2020
Chad Johansen voted first for Bernie Sanders in 2016 and later that year for Donald Trump, drawn to both of the presidential candidates’ populist, anti-establishment messages.
He backed Sanders again during the New Hampshire primary three months ago. But the phone repair shop owner won’t be casting a ballot for Trump again this November. The president’s promise to improve health care and the economy for small businesses have yet to materialize, Johansen said. And the coronavirus crisis hasn’t helped his view of Trump.
“Everything in the West Wing is just craziness,” he said, referring to the White House. “The way he acts. The handling of the pandemic. It’s just ridiculous. The way people on the front lines are having to handle this themselves. He isn’t following the facts and isn’t listening to anyone but his genius self.”
While Trump is once again expected to attract some Americans who voted for Sanders in the primary and then helped him win crucial battleground states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in 2016, polls, analysts and interviews with nearly a dozen Sanders voters suggest he won’t be as successful this time when he faces presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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