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"She’s not going to change anything because she’s part of the people in power" [View all]
BUENA PARK, Calif. — Rallying hundreds of service workers who are struggling to get by, Hillary Clinton tried here last week to empathize with their frustrations and promised to deliver change.
But not everyone at Clinton’s Southern California rally saw the Democratic presidential front-runner as a credible change agent. Aguesin Garcia, a 47-year-old father of six who stocks grocery shelves for a living, shook his head as he watched her campaign.
“She’s not going to change anything because she’s part of the people in power,” Garcia said. “She’s not part of us. It’s as simple as that.”
That sentiment encapsulates one of Clinton’s biggest vulnerabilities in a general election against Republican Donald Trump that she otherwise is well positioned to win. Polls show a large majority of voters believe that the country is going in the wrong direction and that the political system is dysfunctional. They are hungry for change — and they see Trump as most likely to deliver it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-challenge-become-a-change-agent-in-a-year-shaped-by-voter-fury/2016/05/30/73c7bca8-23ae-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html
But not everyone at Clinton’s Southern California rally saw the Democratic presidential front-runner as a credible change agent. Aguesin Garcia, a 47-year-old father of six who stocks grocery shelves for a living, shook his head as he watched her campaign.
“She’s not going to change anything because she’s part of the people in power,” Garcia said. “She’s not part of us. It’s as simple as that.”
That sentiment encapsulates one of Clinton’s biggest vulnerabilities in a general election against Republican Donald Trump that she otherwise is well positioned to win. Polls show a large majority of voters believe that the country is going in the wrong direction and that the political system is dysfunctional. They are hungry for change — and they see Trump as most likely to deliver it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-challenge-become-a-change-agent-in-a-year-shaped-by-voter-fury/2016/05/30/73c7bca8-23ae-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html
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