Bernie Sanders' campaign touts support from minority members

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-campaign-touts-support-from-minority-members/

Advisers to Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign team say that the Vermont independent is polling well among minority groups that backed his rival Hillary Clinton in 2016. 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.

The campaign is also turning an eye to early voting states such as Nevada ... Staffers said Texas is also a priority for Sanders, as is Arizona, California and Colorado.

In the week following Sanders' announcement, the campaign raised $10 million—a number his team likes to tout.

[Me.]

1. Is There Proof Of Such

Beyond say so?

[forklift]

2. I am sure the booing of John Lewis at the last convention

has long been forgotten and Bernie has been forgiven.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11740985

[CrossingTheRubicon]

3. Not anymore than comforting white folks who were uncomfortable voting for a black man in Florida.

Or calling the civil rights struggle "identity politics."

[forklift]

4. +1

[Gothmog]

7. There is still a great deal of anger due to that stunt

[Blue_true]

5. And then reality will happen. nt

[lunamagica]

6. I'll believe it when I see it.

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[NastyRiffraff]

8. They can tout it all they want

but in the reality based community, it remains to be proven.