With just five days until voters head to the polls, Sen. Bernie Sanders stopped at the University of Cincinnati Thursday to appeal to millennial voters. Sanders held a rally at the Tangeman University Center, encouraging college-aged voters to support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Full speech: Bernie Sanders speaks in Cincinnati He was fiery and forceful, delivering a rousing condemnation of greed and monied interests. He encouraged supporters to take on the billionaire class and transform the country – statements that were met with passionate cheers and applause. The 75-year-old Vermont senator said the election should not be a popularity contest. He said it is fine to like either candidate, but boils down to whose ideas are best suited to improve lives. More than 1,300 students lined up to see Sanders. Officials said an additional 1,000 students watched from an overflow room. They listened to Sanders excoriate corporate greed and decry trickle-down economics, saying it would only benefit the wealthy – something, he intoned, that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants. Sanders encouraged young people to keep insisting on progressive politics. “Politics does not end on election day,” he said. “We need you. We need millions of Americans, and I think young people will play the leadership role in this regard, standing up to demand a government and a country that works for all of us, not just the CEOs of large corporations." Sanders said what worries him the most is the possibility on an oligarchical society. He received thunderous cheers about protecting marriage equality, raising the minimum wage and automatic voter registration of citizens when they turn 18.

With just five days until voters head to the polls, Sen. Bernie Sanders stopped at the University of Cincinnati Thursday to appeal to millennial voters.

Sanders held a rally at the Tangeman University Center, encouraging college-aged voters to support Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.


Full speech: Bernie Sanders speaks in Cincinnati



He was fiery and forceful, delivering a rousing condemnation of greed and monied interests. He encouraged supporters to take on the billionaire class and transform the country – statements that were met with passionate cheers and applause.

The 75-year-old Vermont senator said the election should not be a popularity contest. He said it is fine to like either candidate, but boils down to whose ideas are best suited to improve lives.

More than 1,300 students lined up to see Sanders. Officials said an additional 1,000 students watched from an overflow room.

They listened to Sanders excoriate corporate greed and decry trickle-down economics, saying it would only benefit the wealthy – something, he intoned, that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants.

Sanders encouraged young people to keep insisting on progressive politics.

“Politics does not end on election day,” he said. “We need you. We need millions of Americans, and I think young people will play the leadership role in this regard, standing up to demand a government and a country that works for all of us, not just the CEOs of large corporations."

Sanders said what worries him the most is the possibility on an oligarchical society.

He received thunderous cheers about protecting marriage equality, raising the minimum wage and automatic voter registration of citizens when they turn 18.