How Bernie Sanders Is Winning New Hampshire
He's ahead in the polls as his campaign grows in the early voting state
A drab office squeezed between a pawn shop and a dance studio in small-town New Hampshire seems an unlikely place to begin a political revolution, but for Bernie Sanders, a strip mall that had seen better days worked just fine.
“Welcome, all, to the political revolution,” Sanders said to a crowd of more than 100 people baking in the summer sun near Concord on Monday. “You all know New Hampshire plays a unique role in the American political process. We’re going to do well in Iowa, and if we do well here in New Hampshire—between you and me—they ain’t gonna stop us.”
It was the grand opening of the Bernie Sanders campaign office in Concord, the capital of a state that could decide the fate of Sanders’ presidential campaign. As part of the campaign’s rapid expansion in New Hampshire, Sanders had come here to say his movement’s goals—such as universal healthcare, a $15 minimum wage and paid sick leave—were attainable.
“I’m not advocating for pie in the sky,” Sanders said.
There was cake, however. The next day was the upstart Democratic candidate’s birthday, and the crowd surprised him with a birthday cake and a round of “Happy Birthday to You.” “I’m cutting the first slice here,” Sanders said to cheers
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