The argument that Sanders is far to the left of the electorate is belied by polls. Nationally, he is consistently more popular than Trump, while among Democrats he is competitive with Warren and Biden. Support for the two left-wing candidates together trounces support for the centrist Biden.
Source – wrightswriting.com.
– “…Joe Bageant makes an observation that cuts to the nub of the matter. America, he says, isn’t composed of some great middle class; it is an overwhelmingly working-class country. “If we define ‘working class’ simply as not having a college degree, then fully three-quarters [or at least two-thirds] of all Americans are working-class.” He continues: “Class,” however, is defined not in terms of income or degrees but in terms of power. Especially regarding labor. If you define “working class” in terms of power—bosses who have it and workers who don’t—at least 60 percent of America is working class, and the true middle class”
SM: Thank you Jesus & pass the ammo…
Is Bernie Sanders Electable? – By Chris Wright
In his 2007 classic “Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War”—a book that, in the age of Donald Trump, is more relevant than ever—Joe Bageant…
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The Most Revolutionary Act 
Will we the working class be duped again? The clock is ticking.
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I think young minimum wage and unemployed workers get the message, Rosaliene, but I’m afraid I don’t have much hope for older workers, especially men.
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