Democratic National Convention Day 2

Jill Stein, Green Party Presidential candidate, speaks to a crowd during day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. in Philadelphia. Sean Simmers, PennLive.com July 25, 2016

(SEAN SIMMERS)

PHILADELPHIA -- Chanting "Jill, not Hill," one-time Bernie Sanders supporters gathered for a large and often raucous rally in the shadow of Philadelphia's City Hall on Tuesday, where they vowed to support third party candidate Jill Stein over presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton this fall.

In what must have been a startling visual for the Clinton campaign and Democrats in general, the large, young and exceedingly angry contingent of voters vowed, en masse, to do whatever it took to defeat Clinton, not Republican nominee Donald Trump, in the general election.

"He may say some bad things, but she's done some bad things," said progressive radio host Tim Black, a Sanders supporter and one of the speakers at Tuesday's "Vote Against Plutocracy" event here.

"Clinton is way more dangerous than Trump," he added. "It was Bernie or Bust, and now it's time for bust."

The event included an address from Stein herself -- the Green Party candidate who has emerged as the preferred alternative among some voters refusing to embrace either Trump or Clinton's campaigns.

Stein needs at least 15 percent support in five recent polls to qualify for presidential debates before November.

"We need to be on that debate stage," she told the crowd.

Keenly aware of her audience, she also ripped Clinton and the Democratic National Committee for the "back stabbing and sabotage," many here feel cost Sanders the nomination.

"It is in our hands, we are the ones we've been waiting for," Stein told them in calling for the continuation of the political revolution Sanders started, and the same one he now finds himself unable to stop.

"This is what Democracy looks like," she added, quoting a phrase popular with DNC protesters throughout the week.

It was music to the ears of those voters here still rejecting compromise, party politics and any consideration of the Democratic Party's needs. Even Sanders' repeated urgings have failed to get some of them to reconsider.

As a result, support for Stein appears to be growing. This as 10 percent of Sanders supporters also self-identify as members of the #NeverHillary movement.

But it remains to be seen whether all of them, and those on hand Tuesday, will follow through come November.

Some are flirting with the idea. Others are simply blowing off steam. But there are also those who say there is no going back now, believing the American political landscape has been irrevocably changed by this election.

Some of those same people are pledging their support for Stein, the previously obscure third party candidate who has emerged as the torch-bearer of a political movement at a time of remarkable political discord and instability.

"We got to vote for Doctor Jill Stein," Black told the audience. "Because the movement must keep moving."

"The lesser of two evils is still evil," he added, referring again to Clinton.

The crowd roared back its approval.