I’m not so sure there is a viable alternative to Bernie out there, for the democratic socialist crowd. Closest I can think of, in terms of candidates with a reasonable chance of running, would be Jeff Merkley or Tulsi Gabbard, neither of whom are necessarily that much like Bernie, but each of whom supported Bernie over Clinton. I think the idealist supporters of Bernie will stick with him, age be damned.
But I also think Bernie’s coalition of voters will be much smaller than last time around, because a good many of them supported Bernie not because they were democratic socialists themselves, but because he simply wasn’t Clinton. Now that we’ll have 10, 20 candidates in the Dem race, I can only imagine Bernie’s supporters will be a much smaller crowd.
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Young folks like Bernie because he's a "Boomer" that actually understands the issues important to us and doesn't just give them lipservice. Milennials aren't ageist, we just want someone to actually give a $#@! about what we give a $#@! about, and Bernie has shown he does.
"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), five-time Socialist Party candidate for U.S. President