Bernie Sanders: The People's Choice

As Democratic elites and their surrogates continue to downplay, minimize, and overtly subvert the Sanders candidacy he nevertheless enjoys widespread support across the spectrum of actual Democratic constituents. He currently enjoys the highest favorable rating from Democrats nationally (71%), by far exceeding his closest rival, and his 19% unfavorable rating is the second lowest behind Elizabeth Warren. Sanders is now on track to receive, at least, a plurality of the votes prior to the National Convention and likely will carry the will of the people into even a brokered convention. The challenge then for the DNC will be to either honor the decision of the rank-in-file electorate or submit to pressure from elites and their influence over the superdelegates who very well may decide the eventual nominee and in the process risk losing the party's base in favor of maintaining a 'status quo' that in reality no longer exists.