Can Biden win over Sanders supporters? Reeher discusses in USA Today

May 21, 2020

USA Today

Grant Reeher

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

U.S. Elections

United States

USA Today

Grant Reeher

Professor Grant Reeher says Biden could have a hard time getting enthusiastic support from former Sanders supporters due to his lengthy record – three decades of Senate votes and two terms in the White House as President Barack Obama's vice president. It's "not gonna rub a lot of these Bernie Sanders supporters particularly in the right way," with how Biden has portrayed his own record, he says. "That's a tougher argument he's making because there's a record there that's sometimes at odds with that narrative of him," Reeher says. Read more in the USA Today article "How Joe Biden is working to win over progressive voters." 05/21/20