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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:10 PM Mar 2016

Trump, Sanders following in California populists' footsteps

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_29660061/sanders-and-trump-following-california-populists-footsteps

Even their biggest fans acknowledge the ironic -- some would say bizarre -- overlap of their appeal.

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have become political sensations this election cycle by declaring themselves enemies of entrenched power and defenders of a beleaguered and betrayed working class....

With their campaigns now gearing up for California's June 7 primary, both men are about to find out whether their messages can resonate in a state that has given birth to its fair share of left- and right-leaning populist movements and buried many more.

"For as much as the country likes to think of California as a wacky place where you get the John Birch Society and the Berkeley hippies, the defining trend in California is that none of those groups have come to power," said Thad Kousser, a professor of California politics at UC San Diego.
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