Sanders campaign building Obama-like coalition of caucus support

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Campaign official: Sanders campaign building Obama-like coalition of caucus support

In fact Devine thinks Sanders is building the sort of coalition of young voters, working families and high-information voters that Barack Obama put together in 2008 to win the caucuses.

“That’s a winning coalition,” he said, adding that Sanders’ support among working families, especially those with income so less than $30,000, “is beginning to percolate in Iowa and elsewhere.”

The official also sought to knock down suggestions that Sanders support is concentrated in college communities rather than across those 1,682 precincts.

“We’re definitely playing in all 99 counties,” said campaign manager Jeff Weaver. The 25 campus organizations give the campaign an edge in those precincts in places like Iowa City, Cedar Falls and Ames — homes to the three state universities, he said. However, the volunteer base is much wider than that and the volunteers in college communities are helping with organizing in neighboring counties, too.