Ms. Sarandon, self-righteous liberals, Hillary Haters, all the rest, SEE what's happening TODAY?

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184. "What characteristic distinguished Sanders and Clinton supporters? To many election-year

commentators, the two candidates were locked in an ideological battle Royale. The Sanders campaign was supposedly a potential 'watershed in the development of progressive politics,' and Sanders supporters were said to 'want the Democrats to be a different kind of party: a more ideological, more left-wing one.' But ideology was not the key divide among Democratic primary voters. Although they perceived Sanders as more liberal than Clinton, and Sanders voters themselves were more likely to identify as liberal, there were small differences between Sanders and Clinton voters on many policy issues. In 2016, it was Republican primary voters, not Democrats, who were more divided on public policy and especially economic issues.

"Instead, the important division had to do with other identities: party, race, and age. Clinton voters were more loyal to the party, more racially and ethnically diverse, and older. Sanders voters were more likely to be independent, white, and younger. ... As a result 'identity' mattered in both the Democratic and Republican primaries but in different ways. The division in the Democratic primary electorate centered on which groups voters belonged to -- Democrats, white, black, and so on. Republican divisions centered on how voters felt about the groups they did not belong to: including blacks, Muslims, and immigrants."

"Identity Crisis"