If Bernie’s winning coalition includes his 2016 base, newly-eligible members of Gen Z, and disaffected working class voters, a tentative Rogan endorsement could be a boon for his support in that last category
Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images Though Bernie Sanders’s gruff charm and unwavering political message were not enough to win the much-maligned endorsement of the New York Times editorial board, the Vermont senator may have pulled in a more important — though more controversial — co-sign this week. When Times opinion staff editor Bari Weiss went on fight-guy-whisperer Joe Rogan’s podcast, the host revealed that his preferred candidate was Sanders, a guest on the show back in August.
The best news for the Sanders campaign this week comes with CNN’s new poll showing the senator leading the pack for the first time this primary, though the unofficial Rogan endorsement is a close second.
As The Atlantic’s Devin Gordon noted in a deft write-around from August: “There’s no real way to describe ‘Joe Rogan fans.’ They’re not aligned around any narrow set of curiosities or politics. They’re aligned around Joe.
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