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Young US Voters Revolting Against The Establishment

Bernie Sanders’ near tie with Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses on Monday shows that US voters are revolting against the establishment, against politicians, and are determined to take their power back, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has said. Sputniknews.com reports: Sanders has long been dismissed by political pundits and trailed Clinton by as much as 40 percentage points just a few months ago. But on Tuesday morning, results showed that Clinton only narrowly won in Iowa, 49.8% to 49.6%. The surging popularity of Sanders, culminating in the virtual tie, shows that “politics as usual [is] very much collapsing in on itself,” Stein said in an interview with host Brian Becker on Radio Sputnik’s “Loud & Clear.” “I think you have an American people that are in an all-out revolt,” Stein said. “We see that both within the Republican Party, we see it inside of the Democratic Party and we also see it outside of the two major parties,” Stein said. The Iowa Democratic Party called the Clinton-Sanders race the closest in its caucus history, but said it would not hold a recount. A spokesman for the Sanders campaign said it does not intend to challenge the results of the caucuses. We accomplished what the political establishment said was impossible. Don’t underestimate us https://t.co/DeV0NhI2mi [...]