Poll: Biden's support INCREASES with age of voter. Sanders's support DECREASES with age of voter.

[pnwmom]

The bar graphs are on page 6.

Biden's support ranges from 24% with the youngest voters (under 29) to 52% the oldest (65+).

Sanders's support ranges from 33% with the youngest to 9% with the oldest.

Biden and Sanders are the only listed candidates whose support strongly correlates with age. For example, Harris draws 8-9% support from ALL age groups.

However, Sanders's support with the youngest (under 29) has dropped significantly -- from 45% in March to 33% now.

https://morningconsult.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Political-Intelligence-5.13.19.pdf

[Princetonian]

1. They'd make a fine ticket. Both are good men. I like all of our choices more than their choices.

Looking forward to getting out the vote in Philadelphia...

[DownriverDem]

2. Sorry

Two white men are not a fine ticket.

[pnwmom]

3. Especially two white men over the age of 75. Geez. n/t

[DownriverDem]

8. Not two white men

Biden/Harris would be much better.

[Auggie]

5. Let's be real here. A fine ticket is any ticket that beats Trump.

[DownriverDem]

7. I'll be real

Two white men running is not a winning ticket. Biden/Harris is a winning ticket.

[Auggie]

16. So says your crystal ball ...

Look, I'd really hope a Biden/Harris ticket would capture the imagination that eluded so many protest voters last election. It probably would. But there's no guarantee Biden gets the nomination, or that Harris would accept a VP bid.

This is such cart before the horse stuff.

"Two white men:" doesn't that border on gender bias? Especially since one would have no idea who the other "white" man would be (and let's assume it wouldn't be Sanders)?

[True Blue American]

13. Agree!

Especially, not 2 older white men. There has to be a balance. Obama/ Biden?

Fresh new face/ experience. This time the opposite. Experience/ fresh.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. I tend to agree with you there... besides, I don't think Joe would accept the VP slot again...

even if Bernie were to offer it once he wins the nomination.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[we can do it]

4. We need real Democrats. And a ticket that is diverse.

[cwydro]

10. In no world anywhere, will Biden and Sanders be running mates.

No way, no how.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. I highly doubt Bernie, when he wins, would even consider offering Joe the VP slot given the optics.

Nor, do I see Joe accepting the #2 position again.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[tymorial]

27. Two men who would turn 80 in office do not make a viable ticket

[DownriverDem]

6. What I've been saying

Folks want normalcy. They want someone who knows the White House in and out. Folks want to beat trump. They don't want to take a chance on newbies. Biden/Harris would be a great ticket. We have not had a woman VP. She would be positioned to become President. Sadly, Americans are way behind other countries when it comes to electing women leaders.

[pnwmom]

9. Harris/Inslee would also be a great ticket. Or Warren/Castro. I'm waiting for the debates

and not picking based on name recognition alone.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. The older you are the more likely you are to vote.

[True Blue American]

24. True!

[Kahuna7]

12. Threaten Medicare and you're bound to lose senior support. nt

[enough]

15. Reminds me of the day after Obama was elected for his first term.

I went to a local (non-chain) pharmacy to pick up foams prescriptions for my parents. These store was filled with elderly people in a state of near panic. They believed that Obama was going to “take away our Medicare.” A couple of them seemed near heart attack stage.

[Kahuna7]

17. Bernie has never tried to target seniors. He has always centered millennials...

and Zs, and white working class.

[Demsrule86]

18. And other polls show him losing this support.

[JI7]

21. Buttigieg is a more appealing candidate but what is interesting is that Buttigieg doesn't even

support many of the things that Sanders does like medicare for all and free college.

i think it could be more a cultural/generational thing.

[Demsrule86]

26. I thing Buttigieg is smart but I don't think he can win in a homophobic country

and am too scared of losing to risk it...I also thinks he lacks experience...but very impressive with a future in the party.

[pnwmom]

22. This poll shows Bernie's support among young people having dropped significantly since March. n/t

[Demsrule86]

25. I saw that...relieved. NT

[qazplm135]

14. That's Sanders' weak point right now

he's strongest with the folks that vote the least, and his rival is strongest with the folks that vote the most consistently.

[BannonsLiver]

19. So what?

[Blue_true]

20. Older voters vote. nt

[comradebillyboy]

23. Not good for Bernie given that the older folks are much more reliable voters.

[Raven123]

28. Seems understandable

Biden has been around AND highly visible for a long time. Blue collar and relatable.

Bernie has been around a long time, but his message on health care, economic inequality and free college proposal appeals to younger voters. However, much of his message is voiced by others who have positions that address many of his concerns.

[Gothmog]

31. If Bernie loses support among youth, what's left?

sanders is not trying to win a majority of the party but wants to get to the convention with 30% of the delegates. That is less likely now
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/15/1857658/-If-Bernie-loses-support-among-youth-what-s-left

Bernie Sanders’ strategy for victory in 2020 isn’t about winning the majority of delegates to the Democratic Party convention. “Sanders aides believe he’ll easily win enough delegates to put him into contention at the convention,” reported The Atlantic. “They say they don’t need him to get more than 30 percent to make that happen.” Once they’re at the convention with his 30 percent, they presumably figure they can threaten and bully the party to nominate him. This way, he doesn’t have to work to expand support beyond his core group of supporters.

However, what happens if he can’t hold that core? This isn’t 2016, with a binary choice between Bernie and a demonized establishment Democrat. This is a rich field, with credible candidates representing just about every key party constituency. There are candidates just as liberal as Bernie, yet not as polarizing. So would Bernie’s core supporters stick with him as they became better aware of this amazing field? Apparently not, according to the latest Morning Consult primary poll.

“Sanders on the decline with 18-29 year-olds,” reads the polling memo. ”Throughout March, Bernie Sanders had 45% of the first choice vote share among America’s youngest voters. That support has steadily declined and currently sits at 33%.”...

With Bernie Sanders at 19 points in this poll, he’s a far cry from the 30 percent or so he wants for his “force himself upon a brokered convention” scenario (understanding that the popular vote and delegate allocation aren’t a one-to-one calculation, but close enough). It’s been clear he’s been maxed out for a while—both his and his supporters’ ornery approach to politics don’t lend themselves to big-tent embrace of a broader coalition. Quite the opposite, in fact.

He can’t grow, and if he can’t hold his most important supporters? His path to the nomination, already near-zero, becomes effectively zero.