Oh... I'll Catch Hell For This... (Even Though I Didn't Write It)

[WillyT]

“Among both genders, Sanders has 57 percent backing in the 18-25 age group, according to the USA Today/Rock the Vote poll. That drops to 36 percent for those ages 26-34. For Clinton, the opposite is true. She gets 44 percent of those ages 26 to 34 and 25 percent of those 18-25.”

Sanders has become the cool uncle and Clinton has become the cold aunt.

From: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511082086

[DanTex]

1. Interesting. So as soon as you reach 26, you are mature enough to see through the

Bernie haze. It's a good sign that it kicks in so soon.

[quickesst]

2. I have to give that...

...a +1

[hrmjustin]

4. .

[WillyT]

5. Yeah... It's Really A Riot To See Our Future Get The Tar Beat Out Of Them So Early...

[hrmjustin]

6. Says the one who called Hillary the cold Aunt.

Save your phony outrage.

[WillyT]

8. LOL !!! - You REALLY Need To Read The Words On The Screen

[hrmjustin]

11. I did!

And you knew hou would catch hell for it.

[WillyT]

12. Quick... No Cheating... Who Wrote That Sentence ???

No googling...

[hrmjustin]

13. Excuse me. Posted that sentence.

Better?

[WillyT]

16. Yes... Thank You !!!

[Armstead]

10. I'm 63 and Bernie is the best thing I';ve seen in a looooooong time

With certain exceptions such as Sen. Warren, Paul Wellstone and others who have worked to break the corporate hammerlock on the Democratic Party over the years.

[JDPriestly]

31. Same here at 72.

[John Poet]

22. And it's disheartening to see that the Hillary haze

seems to be worse, the older people are...

[tk2kewl]

35. yep... if your not a liberal at 20 you have no heart...

and if your not a conservative by 40 you have no brain

amiright?

[DanTex]

36. Well, I'll be a liberal at 40 in a few years...

Where does the time go?

[NCTraveler]

37. +1

[Paulie]

3. He's in the Betty White zone

http://m.

[daleanime]

9. +1

[Hoyt]

7. Justin Bieber probably polls about the same in younger age group.

[merrily]

29. Jaysus. How apples and oranges non sequitur can you get?

[thereismore]

14. To me she is the cold mother-in-law. nt

[Mr. Evil]

24. She reminds me of Leona Helmsley, The Queen of Mean. Remember her?

[SoapBox]

26. Yes!

On both counts.

[thereismore]

40. Now that's cold. nt

[dsc]

41. why don't you just call her bitch and get it overwith

[thereismore]

43. No. That would not be nice. nt

[BainsBane]

15. So does that mean your vote and that of the majority of DUers

means less than than of younger people? Here I thought everyone had one vote, no more no less.
Yet here we see the celebration of a capitalist cult of youth. Now, I know for a fact I am younger than the majority of DUers since I've seen plenty of polls where people select their ages. Yet somehow the age demographic is now deemed inferior, less than cool.

I don't vote or make any decisions in life based on what is cool. It's a vapid standard. I make decisions based on reason and what is right.

They key advantage to support among older voters is that they vote in far greater numbers.


There are many ways to look at voting demographics. Clinton's support is far higher among women and people of color. If only white men were allowed to vote, Sanders would fare far better. I guess being female or a person of color just isn't cool.

[WillyT]

17. BB... That's A Truly Interesting Question...

On the surface, of course you are correct.

One person, one vote... No matter what.

But this time it's interesting...

We have the future of our political system, and the future of the planet, inextricably linked.

And... most of us are soon to shuffle off this mortal coil.

And I wonder if maybe we might let them take the helm now.

After all... it is their future.



As I said... I wonder...

[BainsBane]

20. Bernie isn't so young himself

A movement that is about one man isn't a movement at all. It does nothing to advance any future goals or organization. In fact, it works against civic engagement by surrendering critical thinking in favor of reverence for a great man. No social movement or social revolution can be built upon such notions.

For me the question of equality is not difficult at all. It is a basic principle, core to my being: all human beings are equal. Any ideology, organization, person, or approach to politics that advances a hierarchy of human worth is wrong. It also exposes as empty rhetoric about equality. If people, as you suggest, believe some human beings to be inherently more valuable than others, they ought not pretend that their political goal is about promoting equality when it clearly is not.

[WillyT]

21. Yet...

What Sanders supporters and Americans at large should really ask is, when has any truly significant political change come about without the people becoming politically active and demanding it? Did civil rights legislation make it through Congress because LBJ and other old white men thought it was the right thing to do, or because millions of people decided to stand up and resist? Did the political reforms of the Progressive Era happen because Theodore Roosevelt believed in the virtues of democracy, or because the agrarian populists, labor organizations, and radical movements threatened the status quo? Would the right to vote have finally been given to women if not for several decades of organizing and campaigning?

From: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511082851

[Ed Suspicious]

27. You fail to understand the movement.

[JDPriestly]

33. I'm female and older. I vote, and I am a Bernie supporter.

Don't generalize too much, and don't count on your generalizations.

I attended a telephone party for Bernie this afternoon, and most of us were older women.

All depends.

The Nurses Union is for Bernie. Lots of older women.

[Voice for Peace]

18. Sanders is the hot grandpa

[BainsBane]

19. Though you thought so well of the sexist jab

"cold aunt" you felt compelled to post it twice. Yeah, we women worrying about our pesky "establishment" rights to be equal citizens is so uncool.

Unions, uncool. NARAL, uncool. The Human Rights Council, uncool. The mothers of Tamir Rice, Trayvon, Martin, and Eric Garner, uncool. Social justice and equality is just so uncool. Sexist slurs are totally cool. Racial profiling at campaign events, that's even cooler. http://www.citypages.com/news/racial-profiling-alleged-at-bernie-sanders-rally-in-st-paul-8000955

[JDPriestly]

34. Bernie is not sexist. To say he is is not just uncool; it is a lie.

There is nothing sexist about Bernie. Allegations are not always true?

[Bluenorthwest]

45. Human Rights Council is a body of the United Nations comprised of 47 member nations.

My guess is that you mean 'Human Rights Campaign' known as HRC, the DC based mainstream LGBT advocacy group.

Council:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/Home.aspx

Campaign:
http://www.hrc.org/

The Human Rights Campaign is seen as uncool by many in the LGBT community for endorsing anti choice candidates, candidates opposed to affirmative action, for endorsing Republicans over pro gay Democrats. But most of all for betraying the transgender community by supporting the non-inclusive form of ENDA.
I'm strongly prochoice and the transgender community has my loyalty. I am also a Democrat. For those reasons the Human Rights Campaign does not get my financial support nor my presence. There are many other, older and more proactive LGBT support organizations in need of my time and money. Shelters for LGBT homeless youth for example are more important to me than Gala Dinners and hobnobbing with the DC elite.

[scottie55]

23. Why Did Bernies Recs Earlier Beat Hillary 3 or 4 to 1 on DU?

For who is gonna win?

Why is Bernie so much more popular here?

Ever think about it?

[SoapBox]

28. Yes I have...and noticed it too...big time.

[Nyan]

25. "She gets 44 percent of those ages 26 to 34"

And one of these days, I might meet one of them.

[stopwastingmymoney]

30. Wear a Bernie button into the grocery store, you'll meet lots of them

[Fawke Em]

42. Not at my grocery store.

They'll all be high-fiving you for the button there.

LOL

[stopwastingmymoney]

44. Yep, that is what I meant, grin nt

[Wounded Bear]

32. An unpopular opinion, maybe, but IMHO...

the age bias in this election is easily explained. People my age (60+) are almost desperate to see a woman president in our lives. So the older one is, the more attractive Hillary might seem to be. At my age, I may not see the next election, time is promised to no one.

Frankly, I find it kind of disappointing that Hillary is the only woman up this cycle (no, Fiorina doesn't count). She is far from my favorite choice to be 'first woman' pres because I think there must be better options we are not getting to pick from.

Oh well. This go-around, I will swallow all of that and support Bernie through the primary season as the best option, gender neutral.

If Hillary wins the primary race, I will switch support to her, because the Repub options are simply unacceptable in just about every way I can think of.

[LWolf]

39. I'm

a 55 yo woman and I don't consider HRC an attractive candidate. I'd love to see a woman president in my lifetime...the right woman. Hillary is not she.

[randome]

38. If you're cold, here's a comfy blanket for you to stay warm with.

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