Why Do So Many Millennials #FeeltheBern?

College helps students begin to understand the world and kindle a passion for progress and reform. With the 2016 presidential elections approaching, you’ll find a heated political world. College campuses everywhere proudly display their support for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, even though former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, takes the lead in the Democratic Party. So why are so many college students and millennials “feeling the Bern?”

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Oberlin sophomore and political science major Thomas Cohn is the co-leader and organizing director of Oberlin Students for Bernie Sanders. He explained the issues that students see with the government, and why they see Bernie Sanders as the best candidate to address these problems.

“We currently have a Congress led by obstructionists who prevent anything being done to solve these important issues,” Cohn said. “Many representatives in the GOP are also warmongers who nearly started a war with Iran, misogynists who went on an expensive crusade against Planned Parenthood based on doctored footage, and supposedly fiscal conservatives who spent millions of taxpayer dollars on a partisan attack against Hillary Clinton,” Cohn said.

Cohn explained this cuts on programs like Social Security, nutritional programs and Pell Grants. Tax breaks for the wealthiest are also unpopular among millennials, especially since many of these policies are harmful to these young people’s futures.

“Many Democrats have either failed to stand up to Republican attacks or have moved to the center as an attempt to compromise,” Cohn said. “Consequently, the Democratic Party bears partial responsibility for the current state of the country.”

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