2016 Postmortem
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(108,978 posts)he needed to "tailor his message" -- which was purely an economic message -- to different audiences.
He is working hard now on speaking to minority groups on issues that specifically matter to them, but it is a new way of campaigning for him that he's never had to do as the Senator from Vermont.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/immigration/la-na-democrats-latinos-20150620-story.html#page=1
Garrison Nelson, a professor of political science at the University of Vermont, said it is not Sanders' natural instinct to tailor his message to different audiences.
"Bernie's not an identity politics candidate," said Nelson, who has been following Sanders' political career for decades.
"Bernie's is an economic message," Nelson said. "He believes the underclass is not defined by their demography; they're defined by their income. He finds this kind of demographic politics somewhat well, he doesn't like it."