Millennials, Unschooled In Political Truths, Pine For Third Party

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"Bernie is their man.

"Via Washington Times:

Apparently, neither Democrats nor Republicans are resonating with the youth of America.But rather than fight it out, millennials want an entirely new system.

Fully 71 percent of millennials say the country needs a third political party.

That’s according to a new NBC News/GenForward poll released this week.

And the anti-status quo showing in this survey likely has a lot to do with millennials’ views of President Donald Trump. Sixty-three percent think he’s doing pretty much a lousy job as president, while 65 percent see America, circa 2017, headed on the wrong track.

Meanwhile, six in 10 also currently disapprove of Congress, with 59 percent holding negative views of Republicans on Capitol Hill and 42 percent, of Democrats.

Of course, these are the same millennials who just pined for America to turn away from capitalism and toward socialism. In a YouGov survey published last month, 44 percent of millennial-age Americans said they’d rather live in a socialist country — and 7 percent said they’d prefer communism.

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Emphasis mine. TD