Social media progressives are drowning out centrist Democrats | By JohnAvlon for CNNOpinion
John Avlon is a CNN senior political analyst and anchor. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN.
If you believe what you read on Twitter, you might think the Democratic electorate is made up entirely of proto-socialists trying to"out-woke" each other in a daily outrage Olympics. John AvlonBut while social media mobs are loud, they're not the real deal. Study after study shows that if you are getting your opinion of the political state-of-play primarily from social media platforms, you're barking up the wrong feed. Or, as CNN's Harry Enten put it,"Want to understand the 2020 Democratic primary? Stay off Twitter." He points out that Democratic electorate polls consistently put Joe Biden ahead of Bernie Sanders in the 2020 race.
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