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Who Is the Hillary Voter?
The media is obsessed with the Sanders voter and the Trump voter. Yet it is the Hillary voter who may have the last laugh.
By Eric Sasson
March 18, 2016
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The voter we almost never hear about, however, is the Clinton voter. Which is surprising, since Hillary Clinton has won more votes in the primaries than any other candidate so far. She has amassed over 2.5 million more votes than Sanders; over 1.1 million more votes than Trump. Clearly Clinton voters exist, yet there has been very little analysis as to who they are or why they are showing up to vote for her. ..........................
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So perhaps Clinton voters dont show up at rallies so much. Perhaps they are a bit less passionate on Facebook, share fewer articles, give less money to their candidate (she does have a super PAC, after all). But what they are doing is perhaps the only thing that actually matters in an election. They are showing up to vote. In numbers that no other candidate can boast.
Its certainly curious to presume, as many do, that Clintons supporters are somehow less enthusiastic than Sanderss are. How is enthusiasm measured, if not by actual vote count? And they are doing so despite the media narrative surrounding their candidate, despite hearing very little about themselves in the media, despite her damn emails, despite Benghazi, despite her low Gallup favorables, and despite how everyone else is Feeling the Bern. If anything, Clinton might need to thank the press for consistently underestimating her. Perhaps this is why her supporters are coming out for her in such strength: to assert their existence in the face of a narrative that both overlooks them and disparages their candidate.
This, then, is the one thing the Clinton voter has in common with the Trump voter: a refusal to buy into the prevailing wisdom about their candidate. We always hear about how Trump supporters have remained loyal to him no matter what Trump says or does; their support is rock solid. We never hear that about Clinton, even though she has survived more scandals and accusations than the rest of the presidential field combined. It may very well be that Hillary voters are the most stubborn of all. Because theyve heard it all for decadesand they are still showing up.
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UMTerp01
(1,048 posts)see Nene Leakes if you don't know the meaning of "BLOOP"
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Thanks!
Haveadream
(1,630 posts)This is such a metaphor for the daily struggles of minorities and women!
GO HILLARY & SUPPORTERS EVERYWHERE! We see you. And, much to the consternation of the status quo, this time, you will be counted.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)We're showing up now and in November and we ain't fallin' for any BS squeezin' out of the fringes!
Walk away
(9,494 posts)Hekate
(90,768 posts)I like to think we are the mature people in the crowd, regardless of age.