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RobertDevereaux

(1,858 posts)
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 02:25 PM Apr 2019

From the New Republic: "Bernie Sanders Is the Frontrunner. Obviously."

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"While other campaigns have rushed to embrace Sanders policies, such as Medicare for All, he remains the party’s policy pacesetter. Other Democrats who are parroting his positions, often in watered-down form, have yet to dent Sanders’s poll numbers, even as more candidates enter the race. This is even true of Warren, whose ambitious policy work has surpassed Sanders’s in detail and scope (if not in radicalism).

"Reports of a decline in enthusiasm among Sanders’s supporters also appear to have been greatly exaggerated. His fundraising and poll numbers disprove the idea that he’s an also-ran. But there are other signs of his continued vitality. Despite his near-universal name recognition, and the media’s overwhelming attention lately to O’Rourke, Biden, and Buttigieg, Sanders has consistently been among the top three Democratic candidates in Google searches, suggesting continued interest in his campaign. Finally, he appears to be broadly liked throughout the party. A Morning Consult poll in February found that he was the second choice for voters who supported the campaigns of Biden, Warren, and O’Rourke, suggesting that support could coalesce around his candidacy as other Democrats drop out."
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https://newrepublic.com/article/153462/bernie-sanders-frontrunner-obviously?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sharebtn&fbclid=IwAR08qa1txDo4AfLGBWOHtrZVOmvDU3-Im8OBP5aYMwWVyHo2IShO0SSyTUI

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