Twitter spats are accessible & make for nice conflict narratives in media, but unless you do the legwork, you may be misled about scale..
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So it was with the Sanders campaign. Focused on mostly irrelevant few online spats, or Sanders himself, media is missing longer-term story.
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You don't have to dislike or oppose the Clinton campaign to realize what Sanders campaign shows; it's right in front of people.
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I don't doubt Clinton faces sexism, etc. But yes, the defining characteristic of Sanders support is youth, not gender or even race.
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@NewRepublic loved the comments, too--especially SkocpolThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I'd bet the "stay home" folks were going to stay home in other years anyway; won't be a big difference compared with 2012.
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Those 08 Clinton folk started as Democrats. Many Sanders' supporters didn't. Big difference.
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Movements aren't easy things to manage; Sanders got one without the vision for how to manage it. Still got so far.
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I don't know if he still prints his emails, to be honest, and had any idea what was going on more broadly.
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Yeah, the movement was looking for anyone--anyone--to pick up the torch. That, to me, is a bigger story.
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