Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumMillennials Want to See a Trump vs. Sanders Matchup
Young Americans know who they want to see on the presidential ballot in November: Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.
A new survey of 18-to-34-year-olds found that if the Democratic primary were held today, 46% of millennials would vote for Sanders, while 35% would back Hillary Clintona shift from national polls, which give Clinton a more than 10-point lead over Sanders. In a Republican primary, Trump would win the votes of 26% of millennials, the survey found, followed by Ben Carson at 11%, a better showing than the retired doctor is currently seeing in national polls.
The survey, by USA Today/Rock The Vote, also found that millennials are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, and more likely to be conservative on economic policy and liberal on social policy. Millennials also support action on climate change8 in 10 want America to transition to clean energy by 2030and on gun control, with 82% saying the U.S. should pass a law requiring background checks for all gun purchases.
Most millennials also want to make their voice heard at the polls, with 60% planning to vote in November, which would be an increase from the 51% of young voters who turned out in 2008, according to a comparison of the survey data with historic youth turnout data from Tufts University.
http://time.com/4175920/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-millennials-poll/?xid=homepage
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)That's exactly my pick too. And I'm a baby boomer.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I hear that Nirvana is huge with the kids today, listening to it on their walkmans or these new cd player devices.
They don't remember Truman. Are they even old enough to vote?
merrily
(45,251 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Young and stupid, like the Reagan supporters when I was their age.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)We want to break down the current institutions, one by one.
On the Democratic side, we want to do so to replace them, reform them, get back to what they were originally intended to do.
On the GOP side, my generation just wants to break it down, as they have lost all hope that things will ever work out again.
Now: do we seriously believe that Clinton can inspire either group? Do we doubt that Sanders can inspire both?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Trump now has almost 10 times more subscribers than Hillary
and his subredditt is relatively new. Bernie has at least 15 times more than anyone
Hillary .........1,499
Trump has two subreddits...............3,578 and 9,812
Bernie...............146,618
Rand Paul...........5,139
Ted Cruz...........1,060
O'Malley..........230