He’s for sure great at being a populist. It’s a good strategy. Trump did it well. It can work and can certainly help Bernie collect loads and loads of cash.
1) the stats from the 2016 election are similar. The point: both candidates are great at making loads of money off average people. 2) the point of comparing two things is even though they’re not 100% the same, it’s to show similarities, which this does.