"Would Sanders' positive populist message (single-payer national-health insurance, free college tuition, the end to big money in politics) have trumped Trump's negative populist message (out-of-control crime, murderous illegal immigrants, inner-city 'hell,' the U.S. losing badly to ISIS and the rest of the world) in a general-election campaign?" Douglas Perry asked in a column for the Oregonian. "Many progressives believe so and have taken to social media to say it out loud."