By Jonathan Easley - 08/11/16 06:02 AM EDT
Liberals are holding their noses as Hillary Clinton seeks to win over Republican voters.
The Democrat is less than two weeks removed from accepting the party’s presidential nomination after a bitterly fought primary campaign against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whose surprising run exposed a deep rift between Clinton and the liberal base.
Clinton has worked hard to mend that rift, moving politically leftward toward Sanders during the primaries and offering him concessions in the Democratic platform.
Polls suggest this is paying off, with Sanders supporters rallying behind her. Clinton enjoys a lead over Republican Donald Trump nationally and in battleground states, according to polls.
In the last two weeks, however, Clinton has shifted her strategy to focus more on winning over Republican voters unnerved by the controversial GOP nominee.
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