What's behind the Sanders surge?
Posted on AllSides August 13th, 2015
From The Left
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The summer of Sanders is heating up.
In just the past week, 28,000 people showed up to see Bernie Sanders in Portland, Oregon, including about 9,000 people who were content to watch the Vermont senator on giant screens in the overflow area. Another 28,000 people joined him in Los Angeles.
All told, Sanders has brought his wonky brand of populism to 100,000