The Myth of the Bernie Bro
The notion that Bernie Sanders' supporters are overwhelmingly male isn't borne out by the numbers.
In theory, writing an election take about demographic divides in candidate support is pretty straightforward:
Identify a demographic divide.
Provide a plausible theory for the demographic divide.
Because step one is usually pretty easy, most of the punditry action is at step two. But, as Amanda Marcotte’s take earlier this week shows, every so often, punditry is so bad that it doesn’t even manage to get step one right.
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