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The Whiteness of Bernie Sanders' Supporters
Senator Bernie Sanders has staged an impressive insurgency so far against the Democratic party's presumed choice for its presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. In some ways, he's following a similar path that Barack Obama forged against Clinton eight years ago, inviting numerous comparisons. But the coalition backing Sanders differs from the one that backed Obama in important ways.
To compare the two, I have looked at a recent survey by Public Policy Polling among likely Democratic primary voters across the nation. I have also examined an Economist/YouGov/Polimetrix poll conducted in late January 2008, a similar point in that cycle. There are some similarities in the races at these two times. In the recent poll, Clinton maintained a healthy overall national lead over Sanders, 53–32. At that point in 2008, Clinton led Obama 43–35, with John Edwards still pulling 16 percent. So although these are different polls from different polling organizations and different races using different methodologies, the insurgent candidates were at pretty similar levels of public support.
(It may be inappropriate to refer to Obama as an insurgent in 2008. Even though party insiders leaned toward Clinton early in that cycle, he had the backing of many prominent leaders, including Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy, and a number of prominent party insiders had simply held back and backed no one until after the Iowa Caucus. Sanders, by contrast, has gotten by with virtually no support from the party's leadership, even post-Iowa.)
If we break down the candidates' support by various demographic subgroups, we see some rather interesting similarities and distinctions:
To compare the two, I have looked at a recent survey by Public Policy Polling among likely Democratic primary voters across the nation. I have also examined an Economist/YouGov/Polimetrix poll conducted in late January 2008, a similar point in that cycle. There are some similarities in the races at these two times. In the recent poll, Clinton maintained a healthy overall national lead over Sanders, 53–32. At that point in 2008, Clinton led Obama 43–35, with John Edwards still pulling 16 percent. So although these are different polls from different polling organizations and different races using different methodologies, the insurgent candidates were at pretty similar levels of public support.
(It may be inappropriate to refer to Obama as an insurgent in 2008. Even though party insiders leaned toward Clinton early in that cycle, he had the backing of many prominent leaders, including Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy, and a number of prominent party insiders had simply held back and backed no one until after the Iowa Caucus. Sanders, by contrast, has gotten by with virtually no support from the party's leadership, even post-Iowa.)
If we break down the candidates' support by various demographic subgroups, we see some rather interesting similarities and distinctions:
A lot more at http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/the-whiteness-of-bernie-sanders-supporters
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Hillary said Arizona is now white. That kind of pissed off Harry 
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