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Bernie Sanders pauses during an election night rally at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, U.S., on June 7, 2016.Patrick T. Fallon—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jun 24, 2016 12:47 PM UTC Bernie Sanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton. Asked Friday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe whether he will vote for Clinton in November, Sanders said, “Yes,” [Politico reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/sanders-clinton-vote-224760). “I think the issue right here is I’m gonna do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump,” the Vermont senator continued. Sanders has not yet formally ended his campaign, and on Thursday he vowed to [keep the “political revolution” going](http://time.com/4381006/bernie-sanders-manhattan-speech/?xid=homepage) to the Democratic convention, where he will likely bargain for platform changes. “The platform that comes out of the Democratic convention will be by far the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4381385/bernie-sanders-vote-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4381385/bernie-sanders-vote-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Says He'll Vote For Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-06-24T12:47:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:50:01.147Z","description":"\"I'm gonna do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump\"","url":"https://time.com/4381385/bernie-sanders-vote-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 presidential campaign","Bernie Sanders"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd476c4d12a49d2cc/698896fafb4eac527788dd70/bernie-sanders-endorsements-nomination.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd476c4d12a49d2cc/698896fafb4eac527788dd70/bernie-sanders-endorsements-nomination.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Holds Primary Night Event In California","caption":"Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Holds Primary Night Event In California","creditText":"Patrick T. 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