2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Don't look now Hillbots, but Bernie's poll numbers are at record highs, and continue to climb! [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)I can only speak from my experience, but the Latino and Pacific Islander communities here in the Greater Seattle area was very motivated with Obama. We saw him as opening the door not just for the African American community, but all of us. There was such a feeling of coalition between all the small groups trying to help their communities into a unifying group.
It was so much fun.
After he was elected, we drifted back to our issues, whether it was civil, economic or environmental ones. 8 years is a long time for a young person.
My question is do you really believe that the strength of the Obama coalition will really be repeated with Hillary?
Lots of people say how the youth won't vote but in self awareness, the minority voters are also not great at getting to the booths when there isn't an Obamalike candidate that inspires such hope and change.
When I went to el centro de la raza for dias de los muertos, I saw nothing about the elections