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Minnesota nice? Clinton and Sanders deadlocked ahead of Super Tuesday
Source: The Guardian
Minnesota nice? Clinton and Sanders deadlocked ahead of Super Tuesday
Minnesota Democrats are split down the middle going into Super Tuesday
vote, but even opponents remain friendly
Megan Carpentier
Monday 29 February 2016 19.00 GMT
“People tend to lose the nuance in all political discussions,” Hannah Quinn, a student at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota – town motto: “Cows, colleges and contentment” – said about pushback from other liberals she’s received on social media since founding Carls for Hillary in 2015.
But while the polls show Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders neck and neck in this 77-delegate state and outsiders might consider the contest fractious, supporters on both sides of the divide are keen to embody the “Minnesota nice” ethos – which is not meant with a shred of irony.
“Primarily (my friends support) Bernie,” University of Minnesota student and Sanders volunteer Roland Taracks said on Sunday, after returning to Sanders’ St Paul headquarters from several cold hours of door-knocking. “However, there are a few people who do support Clinton and we’ve had great conversations.
“I think it’s really great to even have people my age talking about these really important issues and how they’re going to get done.”
Back at Carleton, where the Carls for Hillary group played host to former Texas state senator Wendy Davis on Sunday night, Raul Noguera-Roth expressed the same pride in his peers’ ability to support different candidates respectfully.
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Minnesota Democrats are split down the middle going into Super Tuesday
vote, but even opponents remain friendly
Megan Carpentier
Monday 29 February 2016 19.00 GMT
“People tend to lose the nuance in all political discussions,” Hannah Quinn, a student at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota – town motto: “Cows, colleges and contentment” – said about pushback from other liberals she’s received on social media since founding Carls for Hillary in 2015.
But while the polls show Clinton and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders neck and neck in this 77-delegate state and outsiders might consider the contest fractious, supporters on both sides of the divide are keen to embody the “Minnesota nice” ethos – which is not meant with a shred of irony.
“Primarily (my friends support) Bernie,” University of Minnesota student and Sanders volunteer Roland Taracks said on Sunday, after returning to Sanders’ St Paul headquarters from several cold hours of door-knocking. “However, there are a few people who do support Clinton and we’ve had great conversations.
“I think it’s really great to even have people my age talking about these really important issues and how they’re going to get done.”
Back at Carleton, where the Carls for Hillary group played host to former Texas state senator Wendy Davis on Sunday night, Raul Noguera-Roth expressed the same pride in his peers’ ability to support different candidates respectfully.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/29/minnesota-nice-clinton-sanders-deadlocked-super-tuesday
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