… To win in November, Mrs. Clinton needs the core of the Obama coalition to be a part of her village. She has high personal ratings from African Americans and Hispanics, two important Obama constituencies, but her ratings are net negative among 18- to 29-year-olds, another critical group. Mrs. Clinton […] Read more »
Harvard Youth Poll: Clinton leads Trump by nearly 2 to 1
Among the most likely voters ages 18 to 29, Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by nearly two to one and Libertarian Gary Johnson by three to one, finds a new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year-olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John […] Read more »
Clinton struggles to make inroads with young Americans
Hillary Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House. Opinions of Clinton among young Americans vary by race and ethnicity, […] Read more »
The Real ‘Trump Effect’ for Young Latinos
… The disaffection and distrust evident in so much of the American electorate festers with special ferocity among young Latinos, the fastest growing segment of the American electorate. Looking at them we can see what this campaign is doing to all of us. The laws of physics, if not elections, […] Read more »
What Sanders and Trump Understood
The most important message from this year’s tumultuous presidential primaries may be that millions of voters in both parties have grown sufficiently disenchanted with conventional political options to vote for candidates who not long ago would have been considered beyond the pale of viable choices. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic Read more »
The Bernie Sanders Effect: Moving Millennials Left
Millennials have become more liberal since Sen. Bernie Sanders entered the presidential race, according to a new Harvard Institute of Politics poll. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how young Americans’ views have changed over the past year and why it matters in Election 2016. Wall Street Journal Read more »