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Bernie Sanders’ Political Revolution Is Off to a Slow Start

He has pledged to mobilize millions of new Americans to transform politics, but so far, Democratic turnout is down.
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Bernie Sanders’ pitch to Democrats is that all the new voters he'll energize will compel Congress to support the transformative programs they want, like single-payer health care and free college tuition.

“I think what we need, when I talk about a political revolution, is bringing millions and millions of people into the political process in a way that does not exist right now,” the Vermont senator told MSNBC in an interview set to air Thursday.