Posted on 01/13/2020 7:50:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In the late fall, Sen. Bernie Sanders came to speak at Georgetown University and was treated like a rock star. He was followed across campus by a hoard of students desperate to get a photo, have a question answered, or even just be near the candidate.
Sanders deeply affected many young people in 2016. He energized a passionate millennial base, and it is estimated he won more youth votes than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined. He also gained popularity among many adolescents too young to vote then, but who have since come of legal voting age. This momentum has helped him immensely, as he surges in the Iowa polls.
However, in light of his insane policies, poor performances in many debates, and failure to clinch the nomination four years ago, it makes one wonder why young people are such huge Bernie fans.
The obvious appeal of free stuff is a huge factor . He is promising “free” health care and education, cheaper housing and taxpayers taking on most people’s debt, with no clear indication of a price tag. What many are ignoring is that nothing is truly free, and all of these “free” services will be paid for in taxes. Bernie will not be around by the time his policies will have to be paid for, but his youthful supporters definitely will. If governmet, and thereby the taxpayers, pays for people’s basic expenses, eventually these young people who are excited to be on the receiving end of the free government services will be paying in taxes not just for their own but also for those of other blissfully unaware youths.
Another aspect of Bernie’s popularity is his apparent genuineness. Many candidates, particularly Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have spent their campaigns facing a serious authenticity problem. This is not a problem for Bernie. Love him or hate him, he comes across as if he fully believes every insane word that comes out of his mouth. In a field of overly polished, pre-rehearsed politicians, Bernie stands out as crazy but real.
Bernie’s rise to popularity during the 2016 primary and subsequent failure to attain the Democratic nomination heavily factor into his continued adoration. In 2016, there was a widespread sense that the media conspired to hand the election to Hillary Clinton unfairly, an idea that persists four years later. Clinton was treated as the presumptive nominee from day one, and the Sanders campaign struggled to be taken seriously.
The major blow came when former Demoratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile revealed how the DNC had conspired with Clinton to rig the 2016 primary in her favor. She also confessed that she shared the debate questions with the Clinton campaign in advance of the CNN debate, an advantage she did not share with Sanders.
The corruption in the 2016 Democratic primary led to a sensation of unfairness, which still haunts Clinton and benefits Sanders. His failure to gain 2016 nomination is not viewed as a loss on his end, but of his rightful victory being stolen by a corrupt system: the media, the DNC, and Clinton.
On the subject of the 2016 primary, Bernie’s final reason for immense popularity comes in a rather intangible form: the romantic “what-could-have-been.” Many believe Bernie would have had a better chance of election against Trump than Clinton.
All of the polling and analysis in the world will never tell us whether this theory holds any merit, but the mere question excites young liberals, who can imagine a world where Bernie has been president the past four years. This romanticization is paired with the sense that, had the primary been fair, Bernie would have won.
1. More free stuff than anyone
2. Been a socialist since before it was cool
3. Reminds them of Grandpa
4. They’re idiots
Two factors: 1) they are still close to the liberal education that pervades this country and haven’t had to work yet, and 2) they’re idiots who still think their Participation Trophies mean they’re special.
He’s not a Democrat. He promises free stuff like sparkly unicorns and free Doc Martens. Mostly they like him because everyone likes him. Only the stupid people like someone else. This is them: buh buh buh buh
Pelosi is slow dragging the impeachment to benefit Biden.
For the same reason young people voted for George McGovern
They go along with the crowd they want to be different they want to be cool and most importantly
They simply don’t know any better
You left one out. They still think they and their cult is bullet proof.
Thanks to our progressive eddikashun system, they are by and large dumbasses.
Period.
They said the same about Jeremy Corbyn.
It’s all our fault. We let the communists educate them. Heck, we gave them the money to do it with. We knew it was happening and did nothing about it. We are all to blame for this terrible thing.
“Why are young people such huge Bernie Sanders fans?”
How did the Pied Piper lure the rats and the children into the river?
The reason is, the left played the long game. The left took Hitler’s advice and got the children. The left took over public education, while the right created a vacuum by running to private education and home schooling.
I believe America’s future, such as it is, is that of a socialist nation. Sooner or later the likes of me will die out, and that will give the poor little dolts free reign to vote themselves into shared misery.
Kids that age are stupid like Bernie so that are attracted to each other.
One of my niece was a big Bern supporter until she got close to 30 and then she started to realize College is NOT the real world.
“To: SeekAndFind
Two factors: 1) they are still close to the liberal education that pervades this country and haven’t had to work yet, and 2) they’re idiots who still think their Participation Trophies mean they’re special.
3 posted on 1/13/2020, 10:53:21 AM by econjack”
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Hmmm....!/Sounds Reasonable....considering how fupped things have become!@
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No, those factor but the article is right that the biggest factor is the belief that Bernie (and far more importantly the people who voted for Bernie) were cheated by the Democrat Party. Talk to some millennials.
The young, for the most part, have never had to work...They don’t know what is required to constitute a good living...
They hear about all the “free stuff” that someone else will pay for...
And they hear about how socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried, BUT.... This time they are goping to control it and they won’t fail...Uh-huh....Yeah....
If the guy in the red suit isn’t real, and doesn’t give them FRee stuff, then they need a replacement...
Here comes Bernie Claus...
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