[LyndsySimon]

> Because those people saw him as lesser evil compared to Clinton? If there was another not-Clinton candidate, they'd have voted for him/her.

As a Trump voter - but not a Republican - this pretty much sums it up. His SCOTUS list and the formation of his "Second Amendment Coalition" nudged me from the "he's better than Clinton" to the "maybe he'll deliver something I want" column, but there are no circumstances where I would have voted Clinton.

> It'd be interesting to see Sanders vs Trump in parallel universe.

I think it would have been a slaughter in that case, instead of the squeaker it was. Trump's biggest challenge was winning over the libertarian wing of the GOP. If he were against Sanders, that part of the party would have been locked down from day one.

[lostcolony]

That part of the party was never going to vote for Clinton though. The question was do they vote (for Trump), or stay home.

Sanders would have had a much better chance with moderates, independents, the anti-establishment groups, etc.