https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2020/02/25/demographic-change-fuels-bernies-socialist-revolution-n2561866Demographic Change In America Fuels Bernie's Socialist RevolutionTownhall | 02/25/2020 | Gavin Wax
It's hard not to be a conservative and revel in the chaos that the dominance of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is causing in the Democrat Party presidential primaries, as their establishment works to reject their party's populist choice similar to what the Republicans tried to do to Donald Trump in 2016.
Like with the Republicans in 2016, it will be difficult for the Democrat elites to reject the people's choice. Sanders' lead is demonstrable, perhaps even insurmountable, with all of the momentum accumulated behind him, as his competitors dilute the vote of waning moderate and conservative voters among Democrats. Every poll released shows him with a bigger lead than the last, and he is a victory in South Carolina from running away with the nomination. The best bet for the Democrat establishment may be to rip delegates from Sanders during a convention coup, which may mean blood in the Milwaukee streets.
Conservatives can scoff at the news that Democrats believe that Sanders is the candidate most likely to unseat President Trump in November, but after closely examining Sanders' coalition, it's not far-fetched at all. While Sanders' supporters are often stereotyped as lily white leftists densely packed around college campuses in places like Portland, Seattle or Berkeley, that is far from the truth, as Sanders' base is stronger and much more diverse than his opponents are willing to admit.
To the largely-Hispanic immigrants who now occupy the country in record numbers, Sanders far-left beliefs do not sound crazy. They sound moderate in comparison to the politics in the nations from which they have escaped. Although they left those countries, their cultural values did not change as soon as they placed their feet on the magical dirt in the land of the free. They may see America as the land of milk and honey, but that milk and honey is to be extracted from the former majority to the rising soon-to-be majority through the political process.
While many conservatives laughed at the "Squad" for endorsing an old, white career politician for the presidency, they were certainly politically adept to do so from their perspectives. Sanders paved the way for the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to gain prominence. He was her ideological predecessor, and his beliefs are representative of the ideals held by her people.
Sanders won by a much greater margin in Nevada than he did in Iowa or New Hampshire because of his Hispanic support, with an amazing 53 percent of Latinos supporting him. Sanders' revolution is a vanguard that will be unstoppable, if not during this election cycle, then in the near future, should demographic trends continue unimpeded.More at URL above...