Calls for unity cannot hide stark cultural differences inside Democratic Party

Published March 3, 2020 8:14pm ET



Yes, Democrats are divided over Bernie Sanders’s revolution versus Joe Biden’s restoration of status quo Obama. Yes, they are divided over what that means in terms of policy, such as Sanders’s “Medicare for all” versus Biden’s tweaked Obamacare.

But there is a deeper cultural gap behind the Bernie-Biden battle. And it will not be resolved by the primary fight and perhaps not even by November’s election.

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