The Republicans have spent so much energy labeling as socialism everything from universal healthcare to preserving the environment to promoting racial equality, that as far as I'm concerned, socialism is looking pretty good right now.
There is a lot of importance. My dad is a life long Democrat but he’s also a man in his 70s who was raised to believe that socialism=evil. He hates Trump but is having a hard time supporting Bernie. I think there needs to be a definite explanation of the difference between Democratic Socialism and the socialism an entire generation of Americans has been programmed to fear. His campaign needs to make it a talking point and something easily understandable to the average American.
Warren continues her front runner status with a strong 4th place showing
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It's making it understandable that will be the hard part. People who want to believe Sanders is the new red scare are going to be hard to convince just by bringing up a chart of definitions. IT just feels like there are a lot of words in politics that don't have any real meaning, everyone thinks they mean something different. It's frustrating. But I guess Bernie can't afford to just ignore it like I can. I hope he has a good pitch lined out.
Turnout was higher than 2016.
"More than 70,000 people went to the polls this week in early voting for the Nevada caucuses, nearly eclipsing the total number of voters in the state's 2016 caucuses. The surge comes as many voters focused on the issue of health care, which may have benefited Sen. Bernie Sanders. Nevada Public Radio's Joe Schoenmann joins Hari Sreenivasan with more."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/re...evada-caucuses
"Turnout could break the 2008 record, The Nevada Independent’s Jon Ralston says. Among things I want to know: How many new voters? And how many Latinos?"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...*-updates.html
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