"Trump is getting all the press, but the Bernie Sanders movement is more important for the future"

[Attorney in Texas]

link to insightful analysis on Vox; excerpt:

Donald Trump, as you have probably heard, is dominating national polls of Republicans who want to lead their party in the 2016 presidential election. As you have likewise probably heard, Hillary Clinton is currently crushing left-wing challenger Bernie Sanders in national polls of Democrats.

What you have probably not heard as much about is that Trump and Sanders have approximately equal levels of public support.

Here's Trump bouncing around in the mid- to low 30s:

link to graph

And here's Sanders bounding around in the mid- to low 30s:

link to graph

Trump right now is a few percentage points ahead of Sanders in terms of the number of Republicans backing him versus the number of Democrats backing Sanders. But because there are more Democrats than Republicans in America, Philip Bump of the Washington Post reckons that there are actually slightly more Sanders supporters in America than Trump supporters. Nonetheless, Trump has dominated media coverage of the 2016 campaign while Sanders has largely been a non-factor in coverage since Clinton started handing in solid debate performances.

[redstateblues]

1. Trump has a good chance of winning his party's nomination

Bernie doesn't.

[Attorney in Texas]

2. Seems like the voters get a say, but you can have your own crowning ceremony without the voters if

you want to make a diorama.

[Scuba]

3. "I represented Wall Street" is a solid debate performance? In who's world?

[Attorney in Texas]

4. This was such a low point that I cannot imagine anyone touting her debate performance.

[EndElectoral]

5. The press loves to cover the shocking statement, that's why Trump gets so much coverage.

It's a failing of the 4th estate, but it is what it is.

[Attorney in Texas]

6. Never has the 4th estate failed in its campaign coverage as it has failed this time.

[Babel_17]

7. K&R

I was going to post this, Yglesias has written some good stuff.

https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias