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TM99

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3. Great idea.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 11:01 PM
Aug 2015

Young evangelicals, while still very religious, still are trending more and more socially liberal these days. Gay marriage just doesn't bother them in the way it bothers their parents and their grand parents. So they may be more receptive to what he has to say about economic and social justice despite our own prejudices otherwise.

If Sanders is going to beat the money and smear campaigns of the Clinton machine, he will have to get creative. That means getting more independents and even Republicans to vote in the primary for him over Clinton. It will also help him in the general when he must face the Citizens United financial juggernaut which will likely be Jeb Bush.

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