# For Sanders fans who plan on sitting out if Bernie is not nominated **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sanders-fans-who-plan-on-sitting-out-if-bernie-is-not-nominated/746466 "2016-02-18T18:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 58
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sanders-fans-who-plan-on-sitting-out-if-bernie-is-not-nominated/746466/58 "2016-02-21T17:19:54Z")
**LHOD** , you will, I’m sure, be glad to know that my mighty predictive powers indicate that your expectation is correct. > [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I vote as a Californian. You’ll have to work a little harder to convince me that my sitting out the election will give California to the Republicans. > > In 2012, the results were 7,854,285 (60.24%) D, and 4,839,958 R (37.12%). > > If the numbers are at all similar, my little protest would have to be joined by 3,000,000 other people, or 17% of the registered voters in the state (by 2015 numbers), and nearly 25% of the voters who actually turned out for the election; if my math is right, that would be 40% of the Democrats. > > In the unlikely event that 40% of the party’s voters sit out the general election because they don’t like the candidate, the other party deserves to win. But I think my little protest will be consequence-free. Okay, but this cuts both ways. If Bernie is the nominee, your vote is similarly impotent to help him win the general election. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-sanders-fans-who-plan-on-sitting-out-if-bernie-is-not-nominated/746466)._