Hillary Clinton

CajunBlazer

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24. Young voters are generally not among "true believers"

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 01:24 PM

Jun 2016

Sanders' young supporters are enthusiastic, but new to the political process. They are not like older progressive warriors who have been through the political wars and have seldom won because they are unwilling to "compromise their principles". So the young are not disenchanted with politics and therefore willing to "sacrifice the good for the good enough". In addition, polls show that they are not far left progressives; they were attracted primarily by Sander's promises of free college and/or the removal of their college debt burden. They know that Hillary will work to solve that issue and Trump will not.

Polls show that the young are flocking to support Hillary in very large percentages. They are bright enough to know where their selfish self interest are best served. They aren't waiting around for Sanders to tell them how to vote.

However, they have the poorest voting records of any voting segment. They didn't even support Sander as well they might have. The challenge, as always, will be getting them out to the polls.

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I think that whether Sanders endorces Hillary or not is a dead issue [View all] CajunBlazer Jun 2016 OP

Hillary certainly appears to have moved on. nt SunSeeker Jun 2016 #1

Yes, she has, and the lack of Sander's endorsement doesn't appear to be hurting her. Arkansas Granny Jun 2016 #9

I have moved on. murielm99 Jun 2016 #2

Everyone has moved on cosmicone Jun 2016 #3

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #4

We've all moved on. KMOD Jun 2016 #5

He's irrelevant at this point. The Primary is over. Hillary won. Lil Missy Jun 2016 #6

I've already forgotten BainsBane Jun 2016 #7

I concur. eom fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #8

I concur ....but...but.. The Senator keeps doing somethings to call attn to himself: Her Sister Jun 2016 #10

same way one always deals with people who try to draw attention to themselves in order geek tragedy Jun 2016 #12

yes but grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Her Sister Jun 2016 #13

I get you, Her Sister! NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #30

like this.... Tanuki Jul 2016 #28

Really? Like that? Her Sister Jul 2016 #32

yeah, Sanders is neither foe nor ally, so really no effort or time should be wasted geek tragedy Jun 2016 #11

K&R! ^^^This!^^^ Spot ON. eom BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #19

Careful. A thread in a similar vein was hidden along with many of the posts therein. Squinch Jun 2016 #14

If this kind of post is hidden on DU, all is lost CajunBlazer Jun 2016 #16

I agree. And I'm happy to report that the thread and the posts that I was Squinch Jun 2016 #20

I agree, to a point DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #15

But he is getting less and less media coverage every day CajunBlazer Jun 2016 #25

So we should ingore the front page articles in the NYT et al? Walk away Jun 2016 #17

Well, in this case it's not working for him the way it worked for Trump. forjusticethunders Jun 2016 #18

Bernie Sanders still has the power to sway millions of young voters... Walk away Jun 2016 #21

Young voters are generally not among "true believers" CajunBlazer Jun 2016 #24

Looking forward to the convention, it is another moment in the history of our Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #22

I agree ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #23

There are many subsets. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #26

It is worrying that one of our Senators has such contempt for democracy. KitSileya Jul 2016 #27

If he doesn't endorse her... SaschaHM Jul 2016 #29

Not while Karl Rove is name-dropping Sanders in the WSJ in an effort to divide Democrats, no. nt BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #31