Some key figures as to why Bernie Sanders is a viable candidate

[AZ Progressive]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/bernie-sanders-socialism-_b_7210120.html

THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER pollsters found that most Americans (77 percent)--including a majority (53 percent) of Republicans--agreed that "there is too much power in the hands of a few rich people and corporations." (Not surprisingly, 83 percent of 18-to-29 year olds shared that view.) Pew also discovered that 61 percent of Americans believed that "the economic system in this country unfairly favors the wealthy." A significant majority (57 percent) thought that wealthy people don't pay their fair share of taxes.

A Pew Research Center survey recently found that while only 31 percent of Americans had a positive reaction to the word "socialism," barely 50 percent of Americans had a positive view of capitalism, and 40 percent had a negative response. That's hardly a ringing endorsement.

The Pew poll found that young Americans are about equally divided in their attitudes toward socialism and capitalism. Among 18-to-29 year olds, 49 percent had a positive view of socialism, while 47 percent had a positive view of capitalism. Similarly, only 43 percent had a negative view of socialism, compared with 47 percent who had a negative view of capitalism.

[Wilms]

1. Interesting. Thanks. n/t