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In reply to the discussion: If you want to lose the Millennial vote completely, nominate Hillary Clinton. [View all]onenote
(42,703 posts)Actually, I was asking what potential candidate for the Democratic nomination would outpoll HRC among African American and young voters. And I'm assuming you aren't suggesting Rand Paul is going to make a run for the Democratic nomination. But moving ahead to a general election, Paul v. Clinton is no contest.
African-American voters are not going to be duped by efforts by Paul to run away from his (and his family's) past statements on Civil Rights matters. And despite some fallout from the 2008 campaign, both Bill and Hillary Clinton (particularly Bill) are still popular with African American voters. And if it came down to a choice between Paul and Clinton and Bill and Obama are endorsing her, it would be no contest.
As for young voters, the polls continue to show that Clinton still has a significant advantage over Paul among young voters. http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/the-rand-paul-will-win-over-young-voters-myth/