Senator Bernie Sanders supporters in Bloomington Normal have chips on their shoulders over what they see as media neglect of the candidate. Along with several ISU students on the bridge above College Avenue, was retired teacher Bill Smith. He says he joined the Redbirds for Bernie demonstration to get people to give serious thought to voting in the Democratic primary.
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Smith says now that Sanders is being taken more seriously, the news media is paying more attention to his policies, instead of writting him off simply as "That socialist."