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Politics : Bernie Sanders 2016 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Metacomet who wrote (143)	9/4/2015 11:27:29 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1844

How climate change makes the world more violent washingtonpost.com But, I digress..this means nothing to folks like me with dial phones, but it prolly does to the youngsters in the audience How Bernie Sanders' Online Army Is Using Reddit to Fuel His 2016 Campaign Surge By Gregory Krieg September 02, 2015 In the four months since he joined the race, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has emerged as the party's most dynamic political performer. Drawing massive crowds to increasingly raucous rallies across the country, Sanders inspires outpourings of enthusiasm that no other presidential contender in either party has matched. Over three days in early August, Sanders attracted more than 70,000 people to events in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles. A throng of 4,500 turned out for a speech on the University of Nevada, Reno campus on Aug. 18. The crowds at Sanders' events don't arrive by accident, nor does his surge in the polls represent some inevitable tightening of the field. In fact, both are largely the result of a broad, digital grassroots effort orchestrated by the campaign itself and enthusiastic volunteer organizers. Sanders and his supporters are now successfully parlaying the powers of social media into meaningful, strategic success on the ground. One of the most effective tools the Sanders operation uses to promote its attention-grabbing spectacles is a network of Bernie-loving communities on Reddit, the massive social news site. There are at least 80 distinct Sanders-related subreddits, including one dedicated to each state and the District of Columbia. In particular, the Sanders campaign is coordinating with r/SandersforPresident, which serves as the hub for an amalgam of state and local communities devoted to the cause. Reddit, which calls itself the "the front page of the Internet," is a natural fit for the campaign to promote its viral star. The site's egalitarian structure and the political leanings of its user base match up nicely with the philosophy and policies driving Sanders' candidacy. The r/SandersforPresident subreddit has become both a breeding ground for collaboration and a place for the like-minded to find each other — driven, in part, by a few dedicated armchair organizers who created and oversee the community. mic.com