Bernie Sanders argues Joe Biden and 'establishment' ignored working- and middle-class voters

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. Don't put words into my mouth

You really went flying off on a tangent with a full head of steam. Where did I say or even imply that voters in SC aren't important? On what basis are you suggesting that my "candidate doesn't really give a shit about the ones in states we won't win in November"?

All I was saying is that voters vary regionally, and they do. Working class voters in the Deep South are often more conservative than are working class voters in California, or Michigan. I was citing the difficulty that Democrats have winning presidential elections in the South as indicative of that, whether we run Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden. Of course all delegates count toward the nomination, as well they should. I was a strong backer of Howard Dean's 50 State strategy and still am. We should fight for every vote we can get. But different candidates play better to different prevailing local sensibilities, so it is dangerous to generalize from one State, whether it is Nevada or South Carolina, how much they will each appeal to different groups that may have race or income in common but perhaps socially are very different