Four years after Bernie Sanders' 2016 success, young democratic socialists are going mainstream
Iowa City, Iowa On a balcony looking down on Sen. Bernie Sanders' rally here last week, two banners hung side by side: one for the University of Iowa Democrats and another for the Young Democratic Socialists of America, the event's co-hosts.
To the students in the crowd, the juxtaposition was unremarkable. On campus, one University Democrat told CNN, the groups have"a pretty good relationship" and, at least when it comes to social issues,"we definitely overlap with them."But for the dedicated democratic socialists in the hall -- a handful of whom traveled two hours from Iowa State University in Ames to see Sanders -- the image was a marker of the group's new influence — and increasing mainstream credentials.
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