Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement

Author: Heather Gautney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Senator Bernie Sanders won 13 million votes and a majority of young voters in the 2016 Democratic primary, giving a consensus unbeatable party favorite, Hillary Clinton, a shockingly close challenge. He emerged from the presidential election as the most popular politician in the US, despite being a 75-year-old self-professed "democratic socialist." What lessons can be drawn from this surprising but-in the end-losing campaign, and what to make of the...Read more