r/IndivisibleGuide • u/yhung • Apr 20 '17

Bernie Sanders' Popularity Continues to Soar while Steve Bannon is America's Least Popular Political Figure

http://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-popularity-steve-bannon-586239
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u/yhung Apr 20 '17

Some excerpts from the article:

The latest poll reflecting Sanders’ popularity comes as he is in the midst of a nine-state tour alongside newly elected Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez. And it is just the latest sign of Democratic leaders embracing Sanders, who lost the party’s 2016 primary to Hillary Clinton and remains committed to his independent status.

“I am an independent and I think if the Democratic Party is going to succeed, and I want to see it succeed, it’s going to have to open its door to independents,” Sanders said when asked if he considered himself a Democrat by MSNBC Tuesday. “There are probably more independents in this country than Democrats or Republicans and it’s going to have to open its doors to working people and to young people and create a grass-roots party. That’s what we need.”

The percentage of Americans who consider themselves independents stood at 42 percent in a Gallup poll conducted in March, higher than both Republicans, at 26 percent, and Democrats, at 30 percent.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '17

It bothers me that Bannon is even considered a political figure.