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43. Unscientific, but based on the reaction of Jimmy Fallon's audience

Fri May 22, 2015, 12:03 PM

May 2015

Last night Fallon did a Sanders joke...you could hear crickets...nobody even knew who he was.

Fallon followed it up with the line, "he wants to make college free for everyone" and there was huge applause and cheers.

I think that's reflective of the general situation of most voters. They have no idea who Sanders is. They'd agree with him on many of the issues, but without major media near-saturation level exposure they won't even realize there is a candidate who stands for them.

And then there is the likelihood of him being marginalized as an extremist nobody...like what happened to Dennis Kusinich.

I'd like more than anything for him to win, but I'm not setting my heart on it.

It really depends on how much, and what kind of media exposure he gets.

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Polar bear shit in the snow?? pocoloco May 2015 #1

YES turbinetree May 2015 #2

You said it better than I could swilton May 2015 #6

That nails it. bunnies May 2015 #3

Yep. bvar22 May 2015 #4

I think he can and I think he could take the office, but LiberalArkie May 2015 #5

Exactly. Those are the real powers running the country. jalan48 May 2015 #11

Yes, if Clinton has a meltdown Helen Borg May 2015 #7

Yes INDEED! NYC_SKP May 2015 #8

Hillary has not appeared on any talk shows since she announced. Thinkingabout May 2015 #9

You are correct. staggerleem May 2015 #19

You probably do not listen to what she is saying when she interacts with people Thinkingabout May 2015 #23

HRC, Dean and the DNC immediately welcomed him to the primary race... freshwest May 2015 #40

I like Hillary's early roll out, she is meeting with people and listening. It is seldom people gets Thinkingabout May 2015 #41

Yes, HE CAN. mother earth May 2015 #10

Thank you. "He has nothing to hide" Gregorian May 2015 #12

I've never seen anything negative about him. 7962 May 2015 #13

Bernie Sanders will win. We can't let them steal it again. Vincardog May 2015 #14

I believe Bernie can win. Enthusiast May 2015 #15

Although I'm supporting Bernie, I don't honestly know if he can beat Sec. Clinton. ColesCountyDem May 2015 #16

however rank and file don't always vote PatrynXX May 2015 #18

That's why I said I'm not sure. ColesCountyDem May 2015 #24

well most are tired of this Bush vs clinton crap PatrynXX May 2015 #17

And I'm tired of floriduck May 2015 #26

Absolutely Bernie can win MissDeeds May 2015 #20

Exactly! peacebird May 2015 #33

Time for CHANGE! SoapBox May 2015 #21

bernies challenge captainarizona May 2015 #22

Kick and R. BeanMusical May 2015 #25

With Liz Warren as his VP he would not just win, he would clean up. randys1 May 2015 #27

I agree - hope they're talking about it. polichick May 2015 #29

Thom said today they couldnt lose if they did, I think he is right. I think, in a weird randys1 May 2015 #31

Maybe Bernie could make a deal with EW... polichick May 2015 #36

He would break that deal after he finds out how much he loves it, or the opposite randys1 May 2015 #37

True dat - the Dems are at a crossroads. Good video... polichick May 2015 #28

In a word, no! leftofcool May 2015 #30

For Sure DirtyHippyBastard May 2015 #32

If only liberals got to vote, he'd win hands down. The Democratic Party, however? Not so much. nt Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #34

Hell yes! The more people see&hear from Bernie, the more they like him! peacebird May 2015 #35

In the D.U.? Certainly. ConservativeDemocrat May 2015 #38

Of course he can! rock May 2015 #39

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