Bernie Sanders' campaign touts support from minority members
BY RICHARD ESCOBEDO
MARCH 11, 2019 / 7:32 PM / CBS NEWS
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According to campaign pollster Ben Tulchi, nearly half of Sanders support currently comes from Latinos, African Americans and women—a departure from the early days of his 2016 campaign.
"We're starting the campaign with a base of African Americans and Latinos," Tulchi said in a conference call with reporters on Monday.
Sanders' campaign is investing early in a national operation and has nearly 70 staffers on the payroll, said campaign manager Faiz Shakir. And it is zeroing in on states with significant minority populations.
"He begins this race nearly universally well known," said Tulchi, who notes that Sanders spent considerable time and effort introducing himself to voters in the early days of his first bid for president. "He emerged out of the 2016 race as one of the country's most popular elected officials."
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