I don't get how the socialist is not popular with poor people.
Is it ok to make fun of these people like its ok to make fun of southern people on welfare voting R? Some seem to be giving them the benefit of the doubt, that they are backing Hillary as a defensive move to ensure the GOP doesn't win the executive... I think this is quite a stretch. I think they are probably just as ignorant as poor republicans.
Typically speaking, lower income workers don't have time to do the in depth research on political positions to figure out how they impact their socioeconomic standing. They do tend to be low-information by comparison to people who have more free time to dig into the issues.
And yes, those who back Hillary may do so in part because they perceive her as more electable and know that a Republican president would work tirelessly to undo the Obama Administration's accomplishments. Hillary, by being someone they see as electable, stands as the defender of the Obama legacy.
Also, there is some level of cynicism here. That yeah, Bernie says some nice things, but they're not realistically accomplishable with our current or foreseeable Congress. Hillary, in this view, is more likely to actually accomplish something even if it doesn't go as far as Bernie would like to.