"Among the most unjust consequences of Sanders's branding Clinton as an establishment tool was the effect on young African Americans. Their parents -- particularly their mothers -- were virtually solid in their support for Clinton, and that wasn't the result of her racial 'pandering' (as Trump later suggested) but rather Hillary's quiet, steady work, over decades, on issues of 'kitchen-table' importance to black families and the relationships she had built with black leaders. That history was either unknown to or ignored by many Sanders supporters; Clinton 'has to be willing to get out of what's comfortable and get on the streets,' said one, obliviously ignorant of the fact that at the age of twenty-four, Hillary had been a civil rights activist who went undercover to investigate discrimination in public schools. Hillary was also the first candidate to pay attention to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, joining forces with Flint's mayor long before Bernie showed up in town.
"But like Clinton's work on LGBTQ issues, decades old rather than campaign inspired, none of this made it into flashy stories headlining her lifelong commitment to race, gender, and sexual justice. ... Sanders made sure that '1993 Crime Bill' and 'super-predator' defined Clinton on racial issues, especially for those active in the Black Lives Matter movement, who were influential in shaping the perceptions of other young black Americans. In fact, Sanders himself, along with many black leaders, had voted for the crime bill -- which many later regretted, Clinton included. ... She also apologized profusely for using the 'super-predator' label, even though in her speech it was not aimed at African American youth but the dealers who explained them. ... But for too many millennials, both black and white, '1994 Crime Bill' and 'super-predator' said all one needed to know about Clinton. Some spoke as though she was personally responsible for the spike in mass incarceration that was a consequence of her husband's bill. 'She was part of the whole problem that started sending blacks to jail,' a young black man from Ohio observed. He wasn't alone. Another - a millennial black woman, also from Ohio -- likened the choice between Clinton and Trump to the choice 'between being stabbed and being shot.' Sports icon Colin Kaepernick, famous for kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest, described both Trump and Clinton as 'evil': 'Both are proven liars and it almost seems like they're trying to debate who's less racist.'"
Susan Bordo
Also, new voter ID laws suppressed votes in some places.
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