13370412, sanders 2016 coalition has noticeably shrunk.
Posted by Reeq, Tue Mar-03-20 08:38 PM
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1235002030378422272
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Sanders's pledge to bring new voters into his movement seems fairly empty in the results we're seeing so far. His coalition has shrunk since 2016, not grown.
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its not just the multiple candidates. its the margins that bernie has lost ground on. like the white working class in oklahoma where he cleaned clintons clock.
he might still pull off the nomination but it isnt because of some broad unifying movement. its just a fervent concentrated hardline base and him being able to capitalize off a divided field.
anti establishment and insurgent politics are hard to pull off on the left. the dem base isnt really built that way. we generally believe in institutions and opening arms to people. bernie and his campaign would have been served better to take a 'catch more flies with honey' approach instead of inciting non-pro-bernie voters.
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