Hillary Clinton won the Nevada caucus on Saturday. While she beat Bernie Sanders by 5 points, for the third state in a row she lost millennials, badly.
That wasn’t the only bad news for the Democrat front-runner, however. While Hillary handily won Latino voters in Nevada for 2008, entrance polls showed she lost this time around. The finding was by eight points, and within the margin of error. Thus, it has been disputed by her campaign and supporters though.
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CNN did report that “Polling snapchat: Survey raises questions over Latino vote in Nevada.”
Besides pointing to “Polling Issues,” there’s an entire section on how “In 2016, age is key.” While the demographic’s winner overall may be in dispute, that’s far from the case with Latino youth.
CNN even makes this point:
There are some more key figures. The average age for Latinos in Nevada is 26 years old. And, 38 percent of Latinos who showed up on Saturday were under 30.
CNN closes by looking to see if this “heavier turnout among younger Latinos carries over into any other states where Latino voters make up a significant share of the population…”
One of those states might be Texas. Star-Telegram recently had a piece out of the Arlington, Texas area.
Many of them are excited about Sanders. Christopher Enriquez is excited for “inspiring change” and the “movement [Sanders has] been able to create.” Enriquez is a 23-year old student at University of Texas at Arlington. He’s also the North Texas district director for the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Enriquez spoke to how they’re the “future of this country.” This further resonates with how 44 percent of the 27.3 million eligible Latinos are millennials.
He also mentioned that Latinos may need help with involvement, particularly since they’re “still not trusting in the election process.”
