Bernie Sanders tells Jimmy Kimmel why he is electable, and about God and greed

Bernie Sanders talks God, greed, and electability on Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, and Kimmel asked him about criticism that he's too far left, too old, too unkempt to be elected president. Sanders laughed and gave two reasons. The first is that in some polls he's doing better than Hillary Clinton in a match-up against Donald Trump. The second is that he is bringing people into the political process who have otherwise given up.

"I believe that if I am the Democratic nominee, you're going to see voter turnout go way up, I think we're going to win the White House, I think we recapture the Senate, we do well in the House, we win governors' chairs," he said. "Our job is not just to defeat Republicans, our job is to revitalize American democracy, bring people who have given up on the political system back into the system, and create a government which represents them rather than large campaign donors."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.