Data journalist G. Elliot Morris points out something interesting on Twitter:
He goes on to note that, because of the relatively large margin of error on subgroups, you can’t confidently say that more 2016 Sanders supporters today would support Warren. But what you can say with total confidence is that over 2/3 of Sanders’ primary voters in 2016 wouldn’t vote for him today.
I am one of those people. You can look at my diary history here for proof that I was a bona fide Sanders stan in 2016. Today, I think he’s too old. I’m also concerned that he’s not been as transparent as other candidates; for a recent instance, he’s the only candidate who released number of donations but not number of donors in the most recent quarterly numbers, predictably leading some of his less-numerate supporters to favorably compare his million donations to other top candidates’ hundreds of thousands of unique donors. And finally, I think that we simply have more and better options this time around; for instance, both Warren’s plans, and Harris’s ability to face down Trump, are as bold as Bernie’s.
I think that horse-race diaries like this one shouldn’t be the bread and butter of DKos. That’s why I’ve just started a group focused on policy. But I do think this tidbit is interesting.