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The supporters positioned behind Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn today looked a lot more diverse than the group of supporters standing in front of him. #BernieInBrooklyn 
Brooklyn is 36% black, 20% Hispanic, and 35% non-Hispanic white. Presumably, around half of Brooklynites are also women.
Here is another crowd shot from another angle. Still overwhelmingly male, largely white.
These wide shots of the crowd that came out to see Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn today, which is majority non-white, show a largely white, mostly male crowd. To win the Democratic primary, he will need to draw a more diverse base of support than he did in 2016 (h/t: @DCMorgan1972).
Why is this relevant you ask? In 2016, one of Bernie Sanders’ biggest problems was that, while he did well in states where Democratic voters were largely white, he struggled with more diverse states. He lost black voters to Clinton 76-23 & lost heavily among women over 24.
For perspective, here’s a crowd at a Trump rally. Looks whiter, but proptionally far more female than Bernie’s Brooklyn crowd.
Here’s a shot of a Hillary Clinton crowd in Brooklyn in mid-2016.
And no, this is not a photoshopped image, despite all the bizarre claims in the comments. You can see this screen grab and others at this link: mcdermottphotos.com/Political-Prot…
And if you still cling to the idea that I photoshopped this image, here is another similar crowd shot from Samuel Fisch, which the Clinton campaign posted on its official Flickr page.
