The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign came through UC Davis last night (Wednesday). Capital Public Radio's bob Moffitt was there and tells us some people were hoping to hear about policies. Some hoped Sanders would sign a car.
(Nats cheers) Jim Peterson was among the thousands cheering. He is driving his white 1992 Acura Integra all over the west coast –following the Sanders campaign.
Well, it was white before he asked a graffiti artist to paint “Bernie 2016” on the hood and then had a friend paint flames on the side.
Two weeks ago he was at a Sanders rally in Salem Oregon.
“Somebody walks up to me and says you should let people start signing your car. So I went and got some pens and in about two weeks I have about 10,000 signatures on my car.”
Jim says his biggest wish -besides a Sanders win- is that the candidate signs the car.
No campaign promises have been made in that regard.
Most of the crowd were Sanders fans but some are still undecided. Zoe Ehlers is a UC Davis freshman. She wants more than promises from Sanders. She wants proof.
“I know he talks the talk and everything. If there's some sort of proof of what he's going to do, some sort of plan set out for how he'll execute everything he says he'll do.”
According to the latest Field Poll and the latest NBC News Wall Street Journal Marist poll, the message from Sanders and Peterson's car is reaching California voters. Sanders trails Hillary Clinton by just two percentage points in both polls.
[California's Democratic delegates will be awarded proportionally to the popular vote next Tuesday. Sanders trails Clinton by about 270 delegates.]
In Davis, I’m Bob Moffitt.
