We had come off of the war in Vietnam some years before and basically it was an attempt to involve people in the political process to revitalize American democracy. And one of the accomplishments that I am most proud of in my life is Between my first and second term, we came close to doubling voter turnout. Wow. How's that? That's pretty incredible. So people had given up on the political process. Mostly lower income working class people started to get involved. How did you do that? (00:54–00:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that voter turnout nearly doubled between Bernie Sanders' first and second term as mayor.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
