2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why is Hillary Clinton crushing Bernie Sanders among minority voters? [View all]MineralMan
(146,412 posts)If she gets the nomination, she will have Obama solidly on her side during the general election campaign. He will not only endorse her, but will actively campaign for her. PoC know that. They recognize the connection between the two.
If, by some chance, Sanders gets the nomination, President Obama will endorse him, as he would any Democratic nominee, but there is no close association there, and it's unlikely that he would be as strong a campaigner for Sanders. The lack of that association, and the strident anti-Obama voices among supporters of Bernie Sanders is a negative for PoC. The reaction to the NRN15 fiasco by Sanders supporters makes the second point even more apparent.
Sanders can say anything he wants, but he simply doesn't have the connection to people of color, including black and Hispanic voters that Clinton and Obama do. That counts for far more than people want to admit. I don't see a good path leading to a Sanders turnaround in popularity before the primaries.
And then there are all those women who vote. Combine all that and the picture is pretty clear, I think.
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