- Two days before " Super Tuesday ", Bernie Sanders gathered between 15,000 and 20,000 supporters in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.
- While Joe Biden has recovered from the hair of the beast in South Carolina, the specter of a contested agreement, without any candidate with an absolute majority, returns in force.
- Supporters of Bernie Sanders fear that their champion, accused of being too left, will be sacrificed in the race for the White House, to block Donald Trump.
From our correspondent in California,
A show of force. Two days before " Super Tuesday ", Bernie Sanders gathered between 15,000 and 20,000 supporters in Los Angeles on Sunday evening. If he should easily win the election in California and get ahead in the race for delegates, with 14 states voting at the same time on Tuesday, the favorite of the Democratic primary is far from having the nomination in his pocket. By clearly winning in South Carolina, Joe Biden has revived and could benefit from the abandonment of moderate Pete Buttigieg.
Big show of force in Los Angeles for Bernie Sanders before Super Tuesday, between 15,000 supporters (firefighters figures) and 24,000 (campaign) #BernieInLA # Bernie2020 pic.twitter.com/s9P7l73c5C
- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) March 2, 2020"What, Pete is stopping his campaign?" In the convention center , where the E3 video game lounge is usually held, the news of Buttigieg's surprise renunciation spreads like wildfire. “Just before Super Tuesday , Biden will be happy, what a bullshit ! “Sorry Brian. Proudly wearing his " Bernie Bro’s " badge, this bearded quadra fears that the Democratic Party, which had favored Hillary Clinton in 2016, "still steals the nomination to Bernie".
"Stop Bernie Sanders" at all costs
With the resurrection of Joe Biden in South Carolina, the specter of a contested convention, without any candidate with an absolute majority (1,991 delegates), returns in force. In this scenario, the 771 “super delegates”, party officials and elected Democrats who are free to vote for the candidate of their choice, could play the referees. And according to the New York Times , a majority of them, fearing that the candidate, who claims to be a "socialist democrat", would lead them to defeat - in the White House and in Congress - are ready to do anything to "stop Bernie Sanders ". Like supporting a Joe Biden who came second, or squarely launching into the arena a white knight who had not contested the primaries.
“In 2016, Bernie was behind Clinton. But there, if it is clearly ahead and they choose another candidate, they will destroy the party, "say Chela and David, signs in hand. "If it is not Bernie, there will not be the enthusiasm and the massive participation that we need to beat Trump." David assures him, if Biden or Bloomberg wins the nomination, he will vote "for an alternative candidate, perhaps Greens".
"The United States is not going to become Russia"
During the last debate, his democratic opponents attacked Sanders on his sometimes complacent comments with the regime of Fidel Castro and with the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua in the 1980s. On stage, the comic Sarah Silverman responds to "those who stir up fear" : “Bernie is already a socialist democrat and not a communist. He offers health and education for everyone, what a bastard, she quips. And to finance them, he just wants the richest and the big multinationals to pay the same rate as a waitress. We calm down, the United States will not become Russia ... Unless we are four years older than this budding dictator! "
According to the Gallup Institute, 53% of Americans say they will never vote for a "socialist" candidate (compared to 45% who would). The divide is above all generational: two thirds of the “ boomers ” have a bad image of socialism and a good image of capitalism, but among millennials and generation Z, the two doctrines are equal, around 50% of positive opinions. This explains why Bernie Sanders is so popular among young people - in Nevada, he won 65% of the vote among 18-29 year olds. Kevin, Ady, Charlie and Alex, in the final year, are particularly receptive to his message: “He fought all his life for the working class . It is not Soviet propaganda, it just stands for a fairer society. "
At the microphone, the Vermont senator recycles his best hits ("We're going to dislodge the most dangerous president in American history", "universal health coverage is a human right", "we are a transgenerational and multiracial movement"). And then Chuck D., from Public Enemy, rallies everyone by chanting " Fight the power " with raised fists. The revolution is - perhaps - on the march.
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