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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

VIRAL GRAPHICS CONTRASTING HILLARY CLINTON AND BERNIE SANDERS


Robert Reich via Facebook.com
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This morning a friend claimed there was "really no difference" between the positions of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. "They voted the same on almost all issues during their time in the Senate," he said.
It's true that their voting records are quite similar. And compared with the Republican candidates their positions are very close. But take a closer and they depart from one another on a number of important points, and the sources of their funding are quite distinct. This chart -- along with fact-checking done by the Tampa Bay Times “PunditFact” -- helps clarify the similarities and differences. (Hillary's positions and funding sources are on the right on the chart below; Bernie's on the left. Click on chart for complete information.)

After a New York Times analysis found Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton voted in synch 93 percent of the time during their two overlapping Senate years, Sanders’...
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