Can someone explain to me the appeal of Bernie Sanders?
People will sell you their Souls if it gets them something for free.
The appeal of Sanders is that he is not Hillary.
Hillary just isn’t likeable.or appealing to many Democrats. Her support may well be based on the whole inevitability coronation thing. Given an actual choice, lots of Democrats will vote no for a Clinton restoration.
He is offering "free stuff".
And liberals love the prospect of getting "free stuff".
Sanders’ Appeal
The main reason probably is that he is a self-proclaimed socialist. Honestly. So for people who are super, super far left, and who sing the Internationale in the shower, Bernie is their guy.
A second reason is for all of Sanders’ faults, at least he does not poll test every answer he gives like the Clintons.
A third reason is even some Democrats are getting uncomfortable over the Hillary email scandal. Most lefties are still okay with it, and they rationalize it away, but already Hillary is taking on water over this, even in her own party.
He wants to give away free stuff. One thing he has said that makes sense is that we need to take care of our citizens first and not have mass immigration. That probably appeals to some on the left too.
Can someone explain to me the appeal of Bernie Sanders?”
1) He’s not Hillary.
2) He is promising hat the Free Schit Fairy will bring Free Schit for everyone, like free college, student loan debt forgiveness, Free Healthcare, free high-speed Internet.
(He says he’ll pay for all of this by Reducing the military, ending “Corporate Welfare”, and soaking “the Rich”)
He stands for something and he seems honest.
Not everyone is going to agree with his solutions, But a lot of people agree with him on what some of the main problems are. And they feel like his heart is in the right place. Even on FR I have noticed multiple people saying things like: "Bernie Sanders - not a crook."