A Bernie Sanders supporter attends a campaign rally in Monterey, California on May 31, 2016.(Reuters / Michael Fiala)
Bernie Sanders’s campaign rallies in California have brought out more than 100,000 people—many of whom think he can win the state’s primary next week. Nicky Woolf of Guardian US has been following the campaign; he thinks they may be right.
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