As the Democratic primary season came to an end on Tuesday evening, Bernie Sanders met with presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton. According to the Sanders campaign, the two candidates discussed a variety of issues for which Sanders has fought hard during the election, including raising the minimum wage, campaign finance reform, universal health care and college affordability. Sanders wants to make sure that Clinton represents his platform. But just how much can Clinton concede to Sanders and his left-wing base without hurting her chances among more moderate voters in the general election? On most of these issues, polls show, Clinton has some room to shimmy to the left, but her current position is safer electorally. [...]
Clinton and Sanders are both progressive Democrats. They don’t differ all that much on the issues. If Clinton were to take up Sanders’s more left-leaning positions, it probably wouldn’t hurt her campaign all that much. It would, however, be riskier than where she currently stands.
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