As Bernie Sanders comes in second again, this time to Joe Biden, the animosity and recriminations of 2016 have been largely avoided. The two men have had a far more cordial relationship, even during a heated primary battle, than Sanders and Clinton did.
But there are some concessions many in the Sanders camp are not willing to make, even with the coronavirus pandemic forcing the convention to go completely virtual. Sanders delegates are continuing their own protesting efforts: More than 700 delegates, the majority of whom are Sanders representatives, have pledged to vote against the party platform because it doesn’t include one key issue: Medicare for all.
“We were seen as pie-in-the-sky people” in 2016, Huerta said. Now the party has moved closer to progressive ideals, with. “In some ways, even though we have less Sanders delegates this time around ... we have more leverage than we did in 2016,” she said. Sanders delegate Christopher McClain, 27, said he is disheartened at his party’s efforts to reach out to moderate voters because it feels like the “same old, same old.”“I completely understand the point to reach across the aisle,” the California delegate said. “The point of contention is that we’re losing policies and morality to do so, and we’re not standing strong on what our Democratic values are.
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