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In reply to the discussion: I need a pick me up. [View all]

retrowire

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8. Also the new demographics
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 02:49 PM
Jan 2016
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/16/this-year-millennials-will-overtake-baby-boomers/

We are a generation of internet consumers. A generation of skeptics. We don't subscribe to cable. We don't have land lines. We are much less racist than our parents and grandparents and it's only getting better. We dislike the establishment greatly and have always viewed big money as corrupt.

This is the reason Bernie's message carries so far, when it failed years before. We're the people of Gen X and Y. A generation that watched the Berlin Wall fall, and with it all the red baiting propaganda given to us by our own government. Many in Gen X learned first hand that our government could lie to us. Before that? Vietnam.

What did Generation Y see? The twin towers fell. And we watched a president lie about reasons to go into an expensive and senseless war.

These generations are the majority now. That's why Bernie will win. The days of old thought are fading fast.
I need a pick me up. [View all] MrChuck Jan 2016 OP
There's no such thing as the liberal media. retrowire Jan 2016 #1
Ok, you win Bernin4U Jan 2016 #16
Oh stop it! :D nt retrowire Jan 2016 #20
Secret Service protection MrChuck Jan 2016 #2
I repeat myself, at the risk of seeming crude: there must be 50 ways to vote for Sanders guillaumeb Jan 2016 #3
What the toxic media doesn't get Faux pas Jan 2016 #4
Momentum is on Bernie's side. TDale313 Jan 2016 #5
Saw this in another thread - hilarious! jillan Jan 2016 #6
That has been my favorite for awhile now dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #14
Even Bernie's surprised at the crowds he attracts - and - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #7
Also the new demographics retrowire Jan 2016 #8
Also - the younger generation LiberalElite Jan 2016 #12
Yeah we pretty much are immune to it. retrowire Jan 2016 #15
Here's one for ya! Fawke Em Jan 2016 #9
was that 400 LiberalElite Jan 2016 #13
Looks like it. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #17
I heard on NPR this morning that Hillary had 1500 and Bernie had 1000. leftcoastmountains Jan 2016 #21
Bill was at her event, and he draws more in. JudyM Jan 2016 #23
They're supporting the candidate that will be best for NYC. Baitball Blogger Jan 2016 #10
You mean one street in NYC, don't you? Fawke Em Jan 2016 #18
I think we've reached a point where establishment endorsements aren't necessarily a good thing. TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #11
Here ya go, per your avatar dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #19
25% of Vermont Republicans voted for Bernie in his last election! Gregorian Jan 2016 #22
I like this vid. Also, hopefully, word is getting around about HRC's emails being top secret JudyM Jan 2016 #24
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