It's great that young people are coming around to pro-public, socialistic stance. What is not so great is that (presumably because Brnie Sanders is running as a Democrat) they are moving into the Democratic Party.
For the first time in the past five years of Harvard’s polls, significantly more young people called themselves Democrats than said they were independent.
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Forty percent were Democrats, 22 percent were Republicans and 36 percent were independent.
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[T]he Harvard Institute of Politics has released a new poll of young voters that hints at the impact Sanders might be having on our politics — and could continue to have in the future.
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A narrow majority of respondents in Harvard’s poll said they did not support capitalism. While just 1 in 3 said they supported socialism, the figures are still an indicator of millennials’ frustration with the U.S. economic system
One key finding in the poll, which surveyed over 3,000 people from ages 18-29, is that these young people see a robust role for government [...].
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A plurality of these young voters agree by 48-21 that “basic health insurance is a right for all people, and if someone has no means of paying for it, the government should provide it.”
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A plurality of them agree by 47-20 that “basic necessities, such as food and shelter, are a right that the government should provide to those unable to afford them.”
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A majority of them, 70 percent, say the federal government should play a large (35) or moderate (35) role in “providing access to higher education,” while only 27 percent say it should play little to no role.
A majority of them, 64 percent, say the federal government should play a large (30) or moderate (34) role in “reducing income inequality,” while only 32 percent of them say it should play little to no role.
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A majority of them, 67 percent say the federal government should play a “large” (30) or “moderate” (37) role in the “regulation of Wall Street,” while only 28 percent say it should play little to no role.
WaPo
I think it wold be safe to say the lion's share of those polled who think the government should play no role in these things (percentages in the upper 20s) is made up mostly of the 22 percent who said they are Republican.
At any rate, the danger here is that the Democratic Party will co-opt these young voters for Hillary - likely in part thanks to Bernie, assuming he loses the Dem nomination to her - and use and abuse them just like they do Blacks. The hope, I suppose, is that they will become the Tea Part of the left instead. Because the Democratic Party isn't going where these people are going. Especially regarding Wall Street.
And, let's not forget...the Democratic Party is a loser. Who else would back the least likely to win candidate?
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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