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Garrett78

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4. The big difference is his incredible growth in support among POC and women.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2020, 06:46 PM

Feb 2020

As someone at 538 pointed out, Latino voters haven't typically coalesced around a particular candidate. Latino voters, though, might be coalescing around Sanders, and that would be huge.

Anthony Mercado, a 48-year-old maintenance worker, explained Sanders’ appeal to Latinos to The New York Times: “We’re a community of struggle, and this is a man who knows struggle.. .. Latinos have been promised things and then the winds change. But he’s been saying the same things ever since he started.”

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/11/12/bernie-sanders-has-more-diverse-support-you-think

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Bernie did very well in caucuses in 2016, also. [View all] kentuck Feb 2020 OP

He will if the "Not Bernie" vote keeps getting split 4 ways. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #1

My thinking as well. It'll even out over time. apcalc Feb 2020 #2

Not in Nevada. DanTex Feb 2020 #3

Yep. See post #4 as to what's changed. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #5

The big difference is his incredible growth in support among POC and women. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #4