A tale of two rallies: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders have similar ideas, competing paths to 2020 victory
FRANCONIA, N.H. - For progressive voters such as Richard Poulin, the 2020 Democratic presidential primary offers an agonizing choice between two heroes of the left, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
Poulin, a New Hampshire store owner, was a devoted supporter of Sanders' unsuccessful 2016 campaign. Now, he wonders whether Warren is in a better position to beat President Donald Trump than Sanders.
"The most important thing to me is to get rid of Trump," Poulin said. "It's like choosing between two desserts."
But for all their ideological similarities, Sanders and Warren are in many ways as different as ice cream and petit fours - one a reliable, simple classic; the other, a less familiar, refined taste.
A pair of rallies last week by the two candidates, only 11 miles
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