The way to a voter’s heart is through her stomach, right? That must have been the advice given to both the Sanders and the Clinton campaigns, as both camps have been stopping at some of California’s most iconic eateries in their pre-primary tours of the state. Amongst these is, arguably, California’s greatest in-state product, the In-N-Out Burger.

On the 3rd, Bernie ordered a cheeseburger, fries, and a soda from a restaurant in the town of Pinole, playing around on his iPad while he waited for his food, and then sharing his meal with kids in the restaurant. Animal style? Monkey style? Can we get away with making a “feel the bern”/ heartburn joke?

Bernie going for the full California experience at In-N-Out! pic.twitter.com/2yhzJKFR19 — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 4, 2016

.@BernieSanders is welcomed at In-N-Out Burger. Every worker across America looks to Bernie for hope. #CAprimary pic.twitter.com/L3vjySv8R9 — Eduardo Samaniego (@EduarSamani) June 4, 2016

You have to love the seriousness and gravity of it all. Is he ordering or talking to that employee about how the rich are getting richer while they flips burgers?

Bernie is now sharing his fries with some kids pic.twitter.com/xkvFbvhvLM — daveweigel (@daveweigel) June 3, 2016



On the Clinton side of things, it was actually former president and now-vegan Bill Clinton, representing his wife, who placed an order for 50 burgers and fries at a San Fernando Valley location. Eater speculates that the order was for campaign staff.

Bill Clinton Went To In-N-Out In The Valleyhttps://t.co/9KTKpL2tIs pic.twitter.com/HmcTmXHUwH — LAist (@LAist) June 3, 2016

I went into In N Out in slippers and met former President Bill Clinton #LAThings pic.twitter.com/pb1z8Mo6pw — ♡gabrielle meredith♡ (@gabriellem1995) June 3, 2016

Insert “hands-y Clinton” joke here.



How did Californians react to the visits?

Well, okay, mostly by getting into political debates and posting whacky Bernie/Trump memes, at least on the Sanders side of things, but there were some happy Californians, albeit with important questions for the candidate:

.@BernieSanders ok but did you get animal fries? — Wolf (@WolfLA_) June 4, 2016

Others liked to imagine what Sanders was lecturing the workers on:

@Teacher4Sanders @BernieSanders ??did you want fries with that?

??LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT FRIES!

??oh man…please don't ??? — MadAsHell™ (@rpjohnson001) June 4, 2016

@rpjohnson001 @BernieSanders

?? We need to get big money out of politics. And we need to get this tomato off of my hamburger. — Teach, Learn, Lead (@Teacher4Sanders) June 4, 2016



And there were, of course, the tweets of support from those who #feelthebern:

@BernieSanders that's a beautiful photo you got there Bernie let's go double double for the win this tuesday! — Kurt|LION (@kurtchella) June 4, 2016

@BernieSanders this guy needs to b president — fatima :-D (@VIEWSAKRIDGE) June 4, 2016

As for Clinton’s visit, a lot of people took the opportunity to rib him for his most well-known accomplishment in office, but we’re not going to share those tweets here.

What it all comes down to is put best by Twitter user @Spaceman Chris:

Bill Clinton & Bernie Sanders both ate at In-N-Out today. As a lifelong Californian, I can confirm this is the correct way to campaign here. — sıɹɥɔ (@SpacemanChris) June 4, 2016

(H/T: Eater)

