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BootinUp

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Thu May 19, 2016, 09:40 PM May 2016

Perspective on Divisive Democratic Primaries

https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/733437399515201536

Taniel
?@Taniel

Historical perspective important. Ppl forget ugliness of March/May 2008. & more Ds then thought twas ugly than today




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4:21 PM - 19 May 2016




Taniel
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May 2008, NYT/CBS poll: 60% of Clinton backers say they'd vote Obama

May 2016, NYT/CBS poll: 72% of Sanders backers say they'd vote Clinton


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4:07 PM - 19 May 2016





Taniel
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So everyone, take a deep breath. Primaries produce huge friction—but Democratic voters were very/more divided in '08. & McCain wasn't Trump.




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