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Political Outsiders: How Long Will They Last?
Donald Trump is getting the headlines and Bernie Sanders is drawing the crowds in the Republican and Democratic nomination campaigns. They may be political “outsiders” in different ways, but their populist messages are shaping the dialogue so far for the Democrats as well as the GOP. Will the fire burn out before voters go to the polls?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAs a sitting US Senator Bernie Sanders is not an “outsider” in the same sense as Donald Trump, but he’s an “Independent” running in the Democratic primary.
He is a Democratic Socialist, which is out of the current mainstream. But, just as Trump gets the headlines, Sanders is getting the crowds.
Populism on the Left and the Right is shaping debate in the early days of both contests for presidential nominations.
Establishment leaders in both parties are faced with the same question: will the fire still be blazing or burned out by the time voters go to the polls?
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Image: Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally; Credit: Benjamin Kerensa
