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Nate Silver remains the most sophisticated of the 8% of Democrats who have a very unfavorable dislike/hatred of Sanders. Watch what he is doing here. He's conceding lots to appear rational, but then he goes with a flat out falsehood. Bernie has don *a ton* to build coalitions. 
Not only has he done a ton to build coalitions, but it shows in his numbers. He's 1st or 2nd in polling w/People of Color of a wide variety & overall (Biden #1 w/African Americans & overall, Sanders #2 for those & #1 w/ Latin Americans, tied for #1 w/ "other" per Morning Consult.
And this isn't a cherry-picked poll. It's based on five weeks of data in January and February, including more than 2000 POC respondents. Sanders coalition building goes well beyond improvements with POC, however ...
His numbers consistently show an even balance of female and male supporters (where Biden is more male driven, Harris more female driven). He, along with Biden, appeals to voters w/o a college education (an area Clinton actually outperformed him in 2016). graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016…
Another important way Sanders has built coalitions is regionally. There isn't a single major candidate in the field (or potentially) that doesn't have some weakness regionally. Sanders' remains weakest in the South, but he has tremendous strength in the West, NE, and Midwest.
Sanders has built trust w/moderates (net fav w/them in latest Morning Consult data is a whopping +23), independents, of course (+10, especially Indy women, +18). +7 w/suburban voters, & above water w/most religious groups (liberal protestants & non-evangelic Catholics excepted).
The idea that he hasn't built coalitions is well beyond ludicrous. He just has, as per has most basic ideas, refused to build coalitions with those who prioritize the interests of Wall Street and the Pentagon. Fin.
