I think that is the big question, will Sanders voters go for Hillary in the general election?  -  Brady

As a progressive and Sanders supporter myself, I would say, "What other choice would I have?" Certainly not Trump, Cruz, or Rubio.
 

Looks like there is some new info and clarification on this topic:

The DC establishment’s latest attack on Bernie Sanders’ tax plan has just been thoroughly debunked.

On Friday afternoon, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) — a project of centrist think tank Brookings Institution — published a thoroughly-flawed analysis of Bernie Sanders’ tax plan. The TPC claimed that by raising $15.3 trillion in new revenue over ten years to fund Sanders’ proposals for free public college, universal health care, paid family and medical leave, and millions of new infrastructure jobs, the overall income of the average American would drop by approximately 12 percent.

However, the analysis was fundamentally disingenuous, as it analyzes the tax increases in a vacuum and does not account for the tremendous amount of savings that would be realized by families using public health insurance and colleges. It also does not account for the overall economic benefit of 13 million new public sector jobs and the resulting flow of new money into the economy.

“We do not account for the effects of the new government programs on income,” TPC co-founder Leonard Burman told Politico, in a revealing quote buried thirteen paragraphs below Politico‘s misleading headline. “We’re not really experts on the spending component.”

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I have not talked to anyone that supports Bernie Sanders that has said, if their choice comes down to Drumpf or Clinton, that they would cast their vote for Drumpf.

And this PBS study seems to concur:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/sanders-backers-have-easy-choice-in-potential-clinton-vs-trump-matchup/

Last edited by Rongone (3/07/2016 2:08 pm)

What can be said is that taxes will increase for everyone, while only some might benefit from this plan.  If you have no kids, or kids who already went to college or have an employer who pays for the majority of your healthcare, you would come out on the wrong end of this tax plan.  -  Brady

This is true, but I look at the bigger picture.  For example, some might say, "Well, I have no children so why should I have to pay school taxes."  I think that is myopic and selfish. To me, the bigger picture is we all benefit from a well educated society.  Education is an investment in our nation's future.

We would all benefit from a government that lists national defense, education, and healthcare as national priorities.  Post-secondary education today is as important as K-12 pubic education was 100+ years ago.  There was a time when a high school diploma opened many doors, but now that's not good enough, and I'm not just talking about college.  Trade and technical schools train citizens for life in the 21st century America, too.  We need nurses, plumbers, electricians, large equipment operators, cabinet makers, dental technicians, mechanics, etc. and schools that prepare young people for those positions are equally important.

As far as healthcare is concerned, I have been and always will be an opponent of employer-based, for-profit health insurance.
 

I agree Common, this election cycle is not like previous ones.  Both Trump and Sanders are changing the dynamic and they are both drawing plenty of "anti-establishment" voters.  These are people who are not party loyalists and will not be a guaranteed vote for the party if their candidate doesn't win the nomination.

I have also heard some Trump supporters say that if he doesn't get the nomination but Sanders does on the Dem side, they will support Bernie.