Sanders Cancels Rally In Mississippi

[RandySF]

Sen. Bernie Sanders has canceled a planned rally in Jackson, Mississippi, and will instead travel to Michigan on Friday, a striking indication that his presidential campaign is shifting its focus to the Midwest and largely ceding another Southern state to Joe Biden,” the New York Times reports.

“The change in plans suggests that Mr. Sanders will not challenge Mr. Biden for the support of black voters in the South — a vital base in the Democratic Party — and is instead going all-in on the Midwest as he tries to compete for the overlapping slice of the electorate made up of working-class voters.”



https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/05/sanders-cancels-rally-in-mississippi/

[ehrnst]

1. Well, I guess that Mississippi doesn't have the kind of "working class voters"

that are 'relevant' to Sanders' message that more money in one's paycheck can fix any problem worth fixing.

[StevieM]

2. This is exactly what he did in 2016.

When he wasn't doing well among black voters in the south, he simply stopped campaigning in those places. As a result, HRC ran up huge margins in those places and earned an insurmountable delegate lead.

I understand that he needs a win in Michigan to change the media narrative, but he has to make some effort to minimize Biden's mounting delegate lead as well.

[Gothmog]

3. Sanders appears to be giving up on African American voters

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