Audacity of Hope
Sanders Backers Optimistic, and Generous, After Michigan Miracle
By defying the polls, Sanders has given his supporters another reason to donate and renewed hope for his campaign, even in states like Florida.
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Nancy Jones, a 52-year-old community organizer from Gainesville, Florida was sure Bernie Sanders was going to lose in Michigan.
“Oh my gosh, I didn’t even want to turn on the news that night because I was so afraid that it was gonna say he lost by 20 points,” Jones said Thursday morning at a Sanders rally in her hometown. “When I finally turned it on I couldn’t believe it and I was up until almost one in the morning watching the returns come in.”