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DonViejo

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Wed Nov 14, 2018, 11:20 AM Nov 2018

Howard Dean: Republicans will 'have a terrible time because they're getting older and whiter' [View all]

Source: Yahoo News



Dylan Stableford Senior Editor, Yahoo News • November 14, 2018

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was pleased with the party’s performance in last week’s midterm elections — and not just because it regained control of the House. According to Dean, a much more important trend emerged.

“Young people are taking over the Democratic Party, and that’s a very good thing,” the former Vermont governor said in an interview with Yahoo News’ “Bots & Ballots.”

“There’s a huge grassroots movement in this country run by people who are mostly under 35,” Dean said. “And they basically did all of the organization.”

That youth movement, according to Dean, puts the party in a much better position than the GOP.



Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/howard-dean-republicans-will-terrible-time-theyre-getting-older-whiter-100056452.html

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