Hillary Clinton won the Nev. caucus by a margin of about 5 percent. In Iowa, she won in large part thanks to coin tosses. This time, as the Hill reported, she may have won by having the right playing card. Despite her smaller winning margins to Sanders’ dominating lead in N.H., Hillary is still set up to win, thanks to super-delegate rules set up by the DNC.
But, there is one group Hillary has managed to lose every time: young people. CNN entrance polls showed that Sanders enjoyed 82 percent of support from young people ages 17-29. Nearly as impressive, he had 62 percent of support from those ages 30-44.
This is a continuing trend from N.H. and Iowa.
Hillary has consistently done well with older voters, which may explain why she won in Nev. As CNN reported, 35 percent of attendees were 65 or older, which is Hillary’s best group, enjoying 74 percent of their support. Those over 45 made up 65 percent of caucus goers.
It’s not just that millennials are going for Sanders, but that those from minority groups are doing so, as emphasized by Cortney O’Brien for Townhall.
O’Brien also pointed to how Hillary fares poorly with those who care about “honesty.” As CNN showed, 72 percent of voters whose top quality was “cares about people” chose Sanders. For those who care about “honest and trustworthy,” 82 percent chose Sanders
More minorities turned out than they had in years prior. Hispanics, whom Hillary easily won in 2008, and was expected to win over again, went for Sanders instead. As New York Magazine put it, with original emphasis, “Bernie Sanders may have taken a giant brick out of Clinton’s “firewall.””
The system may be stacked in favor of Hillary, and thus such takeaways should not be ignored for a match-up against her for the general. If the GOP is smart, whoever the candidate is will realize that this may be a real opportunity for the party to win the youth vote.
