Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumJohn Nichols: Key Number for Bernie
Key # for @BernieSanders in Des Moines Register poll: He now leads among voters under age 45 by 23 points.
https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising
In this cycle, Sanders is attracting more first-time caucusgoers than Clinton. He claims 43 percent of their vote compared to 31 percent for Clinton. He also leads by 23 percentage points with the under-45 crowd and by 21 points among independent voters.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2015/08/29/iowa-poll-democrats-august/71387664/
merrily
(45,251 posts)I pray the young 'uns show up at the polls in huge numbers.
They tend to, if the candidate excites them, so I am optimistic.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)on the outcomes.
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)Although I have not participated in one, my impression is that hardcore, enthusiastic supporters tend to stay put and attract any fence-sitters to their side.
While I can see reasons to be committed to Clinton, enthusiasm for Sanders is unprecedented. I think he will do well.
BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)in caucuses.
And Bernie intended to go after the Independent vote, which doesn't show up in many of the polls we've been seeing. That is the largest voting bloc now in the country, for the first time in memory for many people.
People are very disillusioned with the way things are. I saw tonight that 71% of Americans are unhappy with their government. THOSE are they people Bernie is attracting.
And NON-voters, people who just opted out of the whole system figuring they can't change it. He's changing a lot of minds among non-voters.
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(595 posts)They are all registering to vote for Bernie!