The success by two outsider candidates dealt a remarkable rebuke to the political establishment, and all but guaranteed protracted, bruising races for each party’s presidential nomination.
Mr. Trump, the wealthy businessman whose blunt language and outsider
image have electrified many Republicans and horrified others, benefited
from an unusually large field of candidates. he
ran strongest among voters
who were worried about illegal immigrants, incipient economic turmoil
and the threat of a terrorist attack in the United States.
Mr. Sanders, who has proposed an emphatically liberal
agenda to raise taxes and impose regulations on Wall Street, drew
support from a wide cross-section of voters, even edging among women,
boosted by his appeal among the young.
At his victory party, Mr. Sanders, flashing a wide, toothy grin, pointed
to the large voter turnout as evidence that only he could energize the
Democratic electorate to defeat the Republicans in November.
“Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to
Washington, from Maine to California,” Mr. Sanders said. “And that is
that the government of our great country belongs to all of the people,
and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their ‘
super PACs.’ ”
Are we looking at one and the same? Just a thought. Posted 2/10/2016.
