Low-Information Voters Favor Bernie Sanders and Other Socialists

A recent NBC poll found that low-information voters tend to support Sen. Bernie Sanders and other socialist candidates. This was pointed out on “Meet The Press” by moderator Chuck Todd based on a poll conducted by Monmouth University.

That means voters who favor socialism are less informed about how socialism actually works and exactly what it means. Perhaps if they had a better understanding of socialism, which is an economic system, they would think twice before supporting socialists.

Much of Sanders support comes from younger Americans. Millennials and Generation Z show strong support for socialism. In fact, nearly half said they would prefer to live in a socialist country. This is very alarming, considering that our country has faired so well mostly because we have generally resisted socialist policies.

It is, however, easy to understand why socialism is so popular among young Americans today.

Millennials and Generation Z have never experienced true economic prosperity. From 2005 to 2016, economic growth averaged about 2 percent annually. That slow growth meant that there was a shortage of good opportunities. New college graduates were the first to experience the negative impacts of slow growth.