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Bernie Sanders: “Can you please just say it's 15 or so, because they don't want their team to get over confident.”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2016
Can you please just say it's 15 or so, because they don't want their team to get over confident.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

A top ally of Bernie Sanders jokingly requested a lower poll number to avoid overconfidence.

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