Young People Favor Bernie Sanders, Socialism

[Jefferson23]

2/19/2016

Poll finds majority of young people think they will do better than their parents


A plurality of young people choose Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, at 74 the oldest candidate in the 2016 presidential race, as the political figure they like and respect the most.

Thirty-one percent of Americans aged 18 to 26 rate Sanders the highest, followed by President Barack Obama with 18 percent and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with 11 percent, according to a survey by Republican pollster Frank Luntz. Nine percent of young people say Republican front-runner Donald Trump is the political figure they like and respect the most.

He is followed by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, a Texas senator, who are tied at 5 percent. Retired surgeon and GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson receives four percent, and Marco Rubio, a GOP presidential candidate and Florida senator, is at 3 percent.

Eighty-six percent of young people say they are extremely or very likely to vote in the November presidential election.

The survey contains much good news for Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Forty-five percent of young people say they would vote for Sanders if the election were held today. Nineteen percent say they would vote for Clinton. Ten percent would cast their ballots for Trump. None of the other candidates reach double digits.

in full: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/ken-walshs-washington/2016/02/19/young-people-favor-bernie-sanders-socialism

[mikehiggins]

1. I don't trust one word out of Luntz's mouth.

I remember him as the up-and-coming wunderkind of the Perot campaign. We recall how that turned out, right?

[Jefferson23]

2. It's a poll, survey...I don't think these results are out of line of others, do you?

You can post opposing ones if you like, they're all pretty much coming out the same.