The Real Story of How Bernie Sanders Became the Candidate of Millennials

[portlander23]

The Real Story of How Bernie Sanders Became the Candidate of Millennials
Emily Cahn
Mic

Now, with the primary almost over, Sanders has won more than 70% of the 17 to 29-year-old age demographic, and carried the group in all but one of the 27 states where CNN conducted exit polling over the course of the primary cycle.

Experts say part of the reason Sanders was able to clean up with young voters is his message spoke to their generation. That included his forceful admonition of the crushing student debt many face, as well as his fiery anti-Wall Street rhetoric — a group many young voters associate with the financial struggles their parents faced during the recession in 2008.

"This group of millennials came of age with their parents struggling and a Washington that was tone-deaf to their struggles," John Della Volpe, the director of Harvard's millennial poll, said in an interview. "And that's the toxic combo that has created such negative feelings of this generation related to the institutions in Washington, D.C., with Congress, the federal government, Wall Street, the media, etc. And those are the elements in which Sanders is railing against."

[djean111]

1. It is really delusional for Hillary and her crew to think that these people will just pivot to the

candidate who literally represents what is wrong with government. And they know she lies, on top of that.

[JoePhilly]

2. The "movement" actually wanted Warren, and she said "No".

So Bernie stepped in.

That's how it happened.

[Jitter65]

3. So turn our government over to the kids who spend most of their time with ear plugs in

and zombie walking while texting on their iPhones with a $300+/ month service package?

Yes, you know who you are and you know how much you pay for fancy social media packages every month,

[LWolf]

4. Oh. My. Fucking. Dog.

First of all, we're talking about young people of voting age. ADULTS. My sons are millennials; one still in college, one TEACHING college. They are not "zombie walking while texting on their iPhones with a $300+/ month service package." Neither are their partners, friends, or colleagues. They ARE strong Sanders supporters, and one will be voting for Sanders in CA next week.

Secondly, I spend all day every work day with teenagers who love to spend most of their free, personal time with ear plugs in, listening to their music and texting. Not on expensive phones, or with expensive plans, since, demographically, the vast majority come from the poor working class.

They are smart, they are funny, they are deserving of respect and of being listened to, and they are the opposite of privileged. And they'll be voting by 2000. I'm sure hearing your opinion of them will make them more likely to want to talk politics with you as they approach their first voting experience.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. you think we pay for social media??! proof you not of which you speak

[GreatGazoo]

6. Agism is ugly no matter which millions of Americans it is aimed at

and btw Comcast is one of Hillary's biggest sponsors.

Young Americans are paying more attention to this election than most and that may be why they support Bernie over the other two. They have the most at stake.