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Bernie's Revolution Has No Future
Bernie Sanders believes his young supporters will bring a political revolution. Just one problem: Young people don't vote.
By John Stoehr | Contributor
April 29, 2016, at 12:30 p.m
Sen. Bernie Sanders is said to be the future of the Democratic Party. Not because he is beating Hillary Clinton he isn't but because his unvarnished populist appeal has inspired the next generation of liberal Democrats.
That theory has three problems. First, the Democratic Party was already growing more liberal. Two wars, a worldwide financial panic and a radicalized Republican Party did more to revitalize liberalism than Sanders did. Second, Sanders performed better with independents than Democrats.
Third and most important: A vast majority of young people didn't vote.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-04-29/the-real-political-revolution-would-be-getting-young-people-to-vote