Of the nearly 200 participants of the Democratic Caucus in Boundary County, 84 percent supported Sanders, a figure higher than Sanders’ support in any other Idaho county – not including a county that had only four voters. “The slightest chance, and I’ll accost them on the street,” she said. “And I’d say, ‘How do you like my button? If we elect him, we’ll probably be doing this.” She would end by pointing to her other button. “I’d have this on,” she said, pointing to her Bernie Sanders campaign button. In the months before Idaho’s Democratic presidential caucus in March, Morris would stop people on the sidewalks of Bonners Ferry. On the other, a button says “wage peace.” She even set up her first email account, on her 90 th birthday, because she needed one to register for the convention.ĩ0-year-old Idaho Democratic delegate hasn’t given up hope for Bernie SandersīONNERS FERRY, Idaho - On one side of her jean jacket, Faye Morris wears a “Bernie” button. Faye Morris has long cared about politics, but this is her first time as a convention delegate. With the Idaho Democratic Party’s state convention under way in Garden City, here’s a look at a 90-year-old delegate from Bonners Ferry who’s a dedicated Bernie Sanders backer.
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