The Bernie Sanders supporters now backing Hillary Clinton for US president

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Democrats Annie and Karen

Austin is a Democrat island in a Republican state - a very liberal city in the middle of the extremely traditional, conservative Texas.

Hillary Clinton is now pretty certain to be the Democratic candidate for US president, ahead of the more left of centre Bernie Sanders.

Over the course of the campaign, Sanders became a hero among younger voters - promising a fairer system and a fresh start.

So how do young Democrats in Austin feel about Hillary?

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Roland is a 21-year-old pedicab driver who thinks Bernie Sanders is a "more genuine" figure than Hillary

Roland rides a pedicab and earns a living picking up and dropping off tourists around Austin.

He tells Newsbeat: "Everyone who's young likes Bernie Sanders because he wants to legalise weed, and he marched with Martin Luther King back in the day."

Roland says he feels like Hillary is less "genuine" - in it for her own career, more than for people like him.

He's worried about her "links with big corporations" and he thinks "she's not true to her word".

"Just because of things I've heard, I feel like we would have a 'cash president'."

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Ty, Grant and Jennifer, all 23, are students at the University of Texas at Austin

But Ty says Hillary is his favourite candidate, even if she's not perfect.

"I think she's pretty great. I'm for her as a person.

She's the candidate I would feel more comfortable with being president."

Jennifer thinks Donald Trump's part in the race has made America "a laughing stock because of how crazy and backwards Trump is".

Jennifer says even though she is a much bigger fan of Sanders she will still vote for Hillary Clinton.

"For me it's just identifying with a lot of Democratic ideas, like womens' rights and equality.

"Those are the biggest things I look for in a candidate. That's why I identify more with the Democrats because the social things are more important to me than the financial things.

"I think she'd be a good president and it doesn't really matter that she's a woman."

Clinton has led a long and public political career so her views are well documented. In politics that's not always an advantage.

Grant thinks that while her experience in the White House is useful, it doesn't mean he trusts her right now.

"She's just such a good politician, so she will lead well but I don't think she's an honest person.

"Even though I'm a liberal and a Democrat, there are Republicans I would vote for over Hillary because I see them as honest people."

But he doesn't think she would be a bad president.

"I think she would be a good president and she would help things... but I don't think she's really looking out for people, she just wants to be president".

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The Democrat Party gained more followers like Maayan because Bernie Sanders promised to fight for an end to inequality in the US

Annie and Karen don't trust Hillary, it's just that they just don't want to see a President Trump.

"As long is it's Clinton I don't care. If Trump becomes president I will move, we're out.

"I think the majority of the college population will just leave."

For these two, Annie says it was Trump's notorious plan to build a wall between the US and Mexico that did it.

"When he said he was putting up a wall I thought something needs to be done."

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