Singer-songwriter Dave Matthews likes what he hears from Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Bernie Sanders warns of 'nightmare scenario' if Trump refuses election results Harris joins women's voter mobilization event also featuring Pelosi, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda MORE (I-Vt.).



Matthews says he appreciates the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate’s unashamed liberalism, according to an interview in Rolling Stone published Monday.



“When I hear someone like Bernie Sanders talking, I think there’s a hope,” he said. “And I have no party affiliation.”



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“I’m not saying with his half-a-million donators and supporters that have committed 30 bucks on average to his campaign [that] he can win without a super-PAC,” Matthew continued. “But that’s a guy who is talking about something real and that isn’t insulted by being a liberal.”The frontman of the band bearing his name says that, unlike most of the 2016 candidates, Sanders offers a coherent platform.“At least we’re hearing more of a voice from him by having him out there speaking in complete sentences rather than a bunch of slogans that don’t mean anything.”Matthews also argued that the second GOP presidential debate earlier this month has convinced him Republicans are out-of-touch with everyday Americans.“None of you are remotely connected,” he said to the participants of CNN’s debate. “None of you have an actual plan.”The musician charged that America is not offering enough care to its citizens in need.“That in the richest and the most powerful country in the world we can’t house our own people and we can’t take care of people who have fallen through the cracks and that we don’t have a safety net to look after each other is f------ astounding,” Matthews said.Matthews’s remarks come as Sanders closes the gap with Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton across multiple national polls.Sanders leads the former first lady in Iowa and New Hampshire’s early voting primaries. Clinton places ahead of Sanders nationwide, with 40.8 percent to his 27.6 percent, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of samplings.