I have the same mix of daughters! The pink-sequinned one voted for Hillary. The one who voted for Bernie said, when I asked very politely if she was willing to hear my thinking about my reasons for deciding for Hillary, said, “Stop trying to brainwash me!” After Obama’s speech at the convention, she texted me asking if I wanted to take a weeklong trip with her in October to volunteer for Hillary in a swing state! So much lovely developmental stuff in this election. Thanks for writing, Marilee.

Thanks, Heidi. I share your concern, but I think the media is overhyping the Bernie-or-Bust phenomenon. From what I have read, 85% or more of Sanders supporters say they’ll vote for Hillary. That’s a lot more than the percentage of Hillary supporters who said they’d vote for Obama at this point in 2008. I know it is harder to get the young vs older (and mostly women) voters to actually come out, but I am optimistic–especially after reading the number of avid Bernie supporters who were very dubious about HRC saying in the NYT comments section after Hillary’s speech last night that they are now all in! We will not only keep our fingers crossed, we’ll have to work hard!

Yeah, not too much sense this side of the pond, at least as filtered through the media that likes to hype the divisiveness.