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Bernie Sanders: “If a candidate started at 2% in the polls, gets 50,000 volunteers, creates enormous excitement, gets young people…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2025
If a candidate started at 2% in the polls, gets 50,000 volunteers, creates enormous excitement, gets young people involved in the political process, gets nontraditional voters to vote, Democratic leaders would be jumping up and down!
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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commondreams.org
Sep 7, 2025

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