Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are the icons of an ideological split among today’s Democrats, echoing a similar split in the Republican party of 1964.
How Biden vs. Sanders Echoes a 1964 Republican Party Split
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Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are the icons of an ideological split among today’s Democrats. In 1964, it was the Republicans struggling to choose between Nelson Rockefeller, the establishment Republican, versus Barry Goldwater, the staunch conservative.
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