The big issue that’s driving the Democratic primaries this year isn’t “Medicare for All” or a “wealth tax” or climate change. It’s Donald Trump. Democrats are desperate to bring down President Trump, so they’re closing ranks around the candidate they believe is most likely to do that.
It didn’t happen right away. In the early contests, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stole their hearts. Polls of Democratic voters showed that they supported Sanders’ positions on most issues, including Medicare for All, free tuition at public universities, climate change, minimum wage, taxing extreme wealth, student debt forgiveness and paid family leave. Sanders tied for first place in Iowa, won a narrow victory in New Hampshire and a solid victory in Nevada. Sanders had momentum, or what George H.W. Bush once called “the Big Mo.”
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