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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders is crushing Obama's youth vote record & he's not done yet!
Sanders is beating Obamas 2008 youth vote record. And the primarys not even over.http://www.vox.com/2016/6/2/11818320/bernie-sanders-barack-obama-2008
Bernie Sanders isn't just winning the youth vote he's crushing it.
A new analysis from Tufts University shows that Sanders has now surpassed Barack Obama's 2008 Democratic primary totals among young people in the 25 states where we can draw a comparison whether you count by raw vote total or percentage of the overall vote share.
In 2008, the press marveled that Obama beat Hillary Clinton by 60 to 35 points among voters under 30, racking up around 2.2 million young votes throughout the primary.
Now Sanders is beating Clinton by a 71-to-28 margin, receiving more than 2.4 million votes from young voters in the 25 states we can compare, according to numbers compiled by Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts.
"The energy that young voters have kept up throughout the primary has been incredible," Kawashima-Ginsberg says in an interview. "It's been amazing to see."
Sanders's insurgency is being powered by young people, who are thrilling to his message in what looks like historic numbers.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders has won 71% of young voters
n the 2008 primary, Barack Obama won 60% of young voters
It's worth noting that Sanders won the youth vote even in places like North Carolina, a state that Clinton won by 15 points.
A new analysis from Tufts University shows that Sanders has now surpassed Barack Obama's 2008 Democratic primary totals among young people in the 25 states where we can draw a comparison whether you count by raw vote total or percentage of the overall vote share.
In 2008, the press marveled that Obama beat Hillary Clinton by 60 to 35 points among voters under 30, racking up around 2.2 million young votes throughout the primary.
Now Sanders is beating Clinton by a 71-to-28 margin, receiving more than 2.4 million votes from young voters in the 25 states we can compare, according to numbers compiled by Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts.
"The energy that young voters have kept up throughout the primary has been incredible," Kawashima-Ginsberg says in an interview. "It's been amazing to see."
Sanders's insurgency is being powered by young people, who are thrilling to his message in what looks like historic numbers.
In 2016, Bernie Sanders has won 71% of young voters
n the 2008 primary, Barack Obama won 60% of young voters
It's worth noting that Sanders won the youth vote even in places like North Carolina, a state that Clinton won by 15 points.
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Bernie Sanders is crushing Obama's youth vote record & he's not done yet! (Original Post)
jillan
Jun 2016
OP
Honest question, does this mean he is losing older voters compared to Obama?
anotherproletariat
Jun 2016
#4
A different approach to politics, one that all but died out during the red scare decades.
GreenPartyVoter
Jun 2016
#6
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)1. And yet Obama won in 2008 and Bernie will lose in 2016
Young people aren't the only voters in America.
LexVegas
(6,060 posts)2. And yet Bernie is losing badly.
2banon
(7,321 posts)5. losing "badly"
you traffic in flame baiting much?
you've got nothing else.. off to ignore list.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)3. Yes this explains Bernie's massive lead
in delegates and popular votes. Those youth sure do turn out!
anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)4. Honest question, does this mean he is losing older voters compared to Obama?
Why do you think he is just attracting primarily the youth? What do they see that older voters do not?
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)6. A different approach to politics, one that all but died out during the red scare decades.
jillan
(39,451 posts)7. I can't answer that. I'm 60 & am 100% with Bernie.