Axelrod continues by asking: “Who among the
Republicans is more the antithesis of Mr Obama than the trash-talking,
authoritarian, give-no-quarter Mr Trump?”
While they could not be further apart politically, Trump and Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont
who is upsetting Hillary Clinton’s coronation to the Democratic
nomination, have plenty in common. They have tapped the same frustration
felt by voters who feel let down by establishment politicians and angry
that the system is stacked against them.
“I will gladly accept the mantle of anger,” Trump
said at the last Republican debate. You only have to spend a short time
at a Sanders rally to see he clearly wears that mantle on the Democratic
side.
Sanders rails against a corrupt campaign finance
system, while Trump boasts about his capacity as a billionaire to rise
above a system of political patronage that grassroots conservatives
dislike as well.
Fringe candidates
From the outset, Sanders and Trump were both painted as fringe candidates. Trump repeatedly reminds anyone within earshot that he was the only candidate brave enough to take a hardline position on illegal immigration that has resonated with a large bloc of voters. Sanders says eight months ago when he began his campaign, he had no money, no organisation and little name recognition around the country. Now, he says, the candidate once deemed the inevitable nominee “may not be quite so inevitable.”end partial quote from:
Simon Carswell: Trump and Sanders have more in common than you might think
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