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On the recordAugust 5, 2026
I think that’s right. The transition is that, instead of having a top-down party, in which wealthy campaign contributors have enormous influence, we’re going to transform the party into a broad-based party of working people, of young people, people of color, of people who have not previously been involved in the political process.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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On the transformation of the Democratic Party.

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