“[Sanders] has brought millions of young people into politics. According to CIRCLE, more youth have voted for Sanders than for Clinton and Trump combined,” writes Christopher Beem in a recent Fortune article. Photo credit: Penn State

Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy Managing Director Christopher Beem wrote an op-ed for Fortune Magazine this past weekend. Here’s a excerpt from his piece:

“Bernie Sanders has achieved astonishing things in the 2016 U.S. presidential race. He has single-handedly resurrected socialism in American political discourse. He has moved Clinton to the left on virtually every issue. Most importantly, he has brought millions of young people into politics. According to CIRCLE, more youth have voted for Sanders than for Clinton and Trump combined.

Christopher Beem

“But Bernie Sanders is not going to be the Democratic nominee for president. He isn’t going to quit or suspend his campaign. But barring the impossible, he is going to lose.

“What Sanders does between now and the end of the Philadelphia convention this summer will largely determine whether he is able to consolidate all his achievements. In fact, these next few weeks will decide whether his message and movement will continue to impact American politics.

“Even after Tuesday’s massive defeat in a string on Northeast states, Sanders insisted that ‘we are in this campaign to win.’ But he also gave his first hint of a different agenda. He said that he is out to ‘win every delegate we can,’ so that he can ‘fight for a progressive party platform’ at the Convention in July. Sanders could score some real victories here, including commitments to a $15 an hour U.S. minimum wage, universal health care, and tougher regulations for Wall Street.”

Read more on Fortune.com.