The Sanders’ supporters story.

Today Hillary Clinton will formally accept the nomination to be the Democratic candidate for President. It’s been 8 years in the making, and finally, she has done it.

Two days ago Bernie Sanders requested that the convention rules be suspended for Clinton to become the nominee by acclamation. Clinton did exactly the same in 2008 where she lost to Barack Obama. It’s seen as a unifying procedure. It worked in 2008, but has it worked this year?

There’s a major difference between 2008 and 2016. Sanders has attracted supporters from far a wide to his campaign. Many of his supporters had never been part of the Democrats until he ran for the nomination. It’s these supporters that are the most vocal against Clinton, it is these that are being called the 10%.

Political analysts believe that it is only 10% of Sanders’ supporters that are clearly not in favour of Clinton. They are the Socialists, that like Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters, want it there way or no way.

Democrats that have been part of the party for years now will still vote for Clinton on November 8th. They know that if they don’t Trump will get in. They also know that Clinton isn’t too far away from Sanders policy wise, and she’s a whole lot closer now after this convention.

More reasons why Sanders’ supporters are disenfranchised by Clinton is her likability, her personality and her past.

She hasn’t got a personality that works greatly in large groups, she has trouble getting her message across when using autocue but she performs in such a high standard when she talks to smaller groups. This is the reason why people think she’s not very likeable, but once you get to know her — she clearly is.

Also she hasn’t got the best record from her past as Secretary of State. But the few mistakes she has made she’s admitted. Even Obama pointed out last night that he has made mistakes in office. Everyone does, everyone will.

Lets remember that Clinton has been in the public eye nationally since the early 90’s when Bill Clinton ran for President. Before then she was the First Lady of Arkansas, when Bill was Governor. Then she was a senator, she cross the political lines to get things done for New York following 9/11. Finally she was SoS where she help American troops annihilate the threat of Osama Bin Laden. She has far more experience than any other candidate has ever had while running for President.

Finally, Sanders’ supporters rejected Clinton’s VP choice of Tim Kaine. There’s a reason why she appointed Kaine. To attract the Republican centrists. Many Republicans can feel like they would rather have Clinton as President than Donald Trump. It’s a clever move that will pay off in the end.

At the end of the day I expect Clinton to win a major landslide on November 8. I think similarly to the “silent Tories” in the UK 2015 election and “silent Brexiteers” in the EU Referendum there are going to be “Silent Democrats” both from the centre-right and the far left.