2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:24 PM Apr 2015

Clinton May Be Older But She Still Has Younger Voters

Geoffrey Skelley: “Should Clinton and one of the younger Republicans in the field win their respective parties’ nominations, age will become an issue in the 2016 campaign, at least in context. The obvious generational difference will be an unavoidable topic, and the Republican nominee in that situation will almost certainly seek to be a ‘change’ candidate, as many, including the current president, have sought to be before.”

“The irony, however, is that even if Republicans choose a youthful standard bearer, it will be Clinton who receives more support from younger voters than the GOP nominee. Pew recently reported its latest findings on trends in party identification, and the youngest cohort of voters continues to be solidly Democratic, despite some reports to the contrary.”

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Clinton May Be Older But She Still Has Younger Voters (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2015 OP

Baby boomers never age in heart and mind yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #1

Hillary Clinton Has A Wide Net Of Support Across Political Spectrum... Corey_Baker08 Apr 2015 #2

will the trend hold? quadrature Apr 2015 #3

Why on earth would a young person support the GOP? Reducing/privatizing SS, GOP fighting to keep okaawhatever Apr 2015 #4

Needs a snappy youthful inspirational music video! NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #5

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. Baby boomers never age in heart and mind

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:43 PM

Apr 2015

This situation will not be a Nixon-Kennedy or Bush-Clinton or even a Dole-Clinton. Times change and Baby Boomers don't seem "old" as their predecessors did. Secretary Clinton will do fine in this situation.

Corey_Baker08

(2,157 posts)

2. Hillary Clinton Has A Wide Net Of Support Across Political Spectrum...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:45 PM

Apr 2015

She received 18 million votes in the 2008 Primary Election alone. She is an exceptional candidate and in my opinion will be an exceptional President come January 20, 2017...

quadrature

(2,049 posts)

3. will the trend hold?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 05:50 PM

Apr 2015

just my opinion.

Clinton seems to have what
I call 'negative drive-up appeal'.

some people think it would be cool
to have a woman president.
but the closer you get,
the less you like.
HRC best bet is to continue
her infomercial strategy.
videos, but no speeches.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)

4. Why on earth would a young person support the GOP? Reducing/privatizing SS, GOP fighting to keep

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 11:54 PM

Apr 2015

their student loan interest rates high, ignoring/denying climate change, etc. I don't see how young people could even consider voting GOP.

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

5. Needs a snappy youthful inspirational music video!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 12:10 AM

Apr 2015

That's what the campaign needs to pull in the younger ones!

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