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2016 Postmortem

portlander23

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15. More young people voted for Bernie Sanders than Trump and Clinton combined by a lot

Reply to JudyM (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 10:10 AM

Dec 2016

More young people voted for Bernie Sanders than Trump and Clinton combined — by a lot
Aaron Blake
Washington Post

It's hard to overemphasize how completely and utterly Sen. Bernie Sanders dominated the youth vote to this point in the 2016 presidential campaign. While Hillary Clinton dominated him among older voters, he dominated her right back among younger voters -- even winning more than 80 percent of their votes in some states against no less than the eventual Democratic nominee.

But this fact might say it better than any: In the 2016 campaign, Sanders won more votes among those under age 30 than the two presumptive major-party presidential nominees combined. And it wasn't close.

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Sanders campaign manager: Don't buy David Brock's blame game for Clinton loss [View all] portlander23 Dec 2016 OP

Truth hueymahl Dec 2016 #1

He's going to be more than just another voice in the senate sfwriter Dec 2016 #2

I hope you're right portlander23 Dec 2016 #3

Ugh, moar Bernie Bingo! R B Garr Dec 2016 #4

Yep. The left cannibalized itself and they won't accept their part in it.. JHan Dec 2016 #5

they are like the I told ya so's, who caused the so to happen! boston bean Dec 2016 #6

+1 (nt) LongtimeAZDem Dec 2016 #13

"why we can't have nice things." Exactly, in fact R B Garr Dec 2016 #8

Seems silly now right? JHan Dec 2016 #10

yeah, superficial things to the max. And then the outright lie from Nader R B Garr Dec 2016 #11

Turnout was down due to GOPs successful vote-suppression tactics in SWING STATES. Weaver shouldn't blm Dec 2016 #7

That faction seems to let the GOP off the hook a lot. It seems to be a mutual admiration society. R B Garr Dec 2016 #9

Is there any way to validate any of these theories? This sounds about right based on my volunteering JudyM Dec 2016 #12

More young people voted for Bernie Sanders than Trump and Clinton combined by a lot portlander23 Dec 2016 #15

Thanks - this is a striking graphic! Especially MI, WI, PA, FL, NC.... JudyM Dec 2016 #16

And the Hill plays along with more Hillary bashing with that riversedge Dec 2016 #14

Yes The Schism Will Likely Continue For The Time Being Me. Dec 2016 #17

Keep trying...nt SidDithers Dec 2016 #18

Clinton may retire, but she has been more than just another voice in the Senate for her entire life. JTFrog Dec 2016 #19

Whatever helps you sleep at night Jeff. nt Maven Dec 2016 #20

Elsewhere, where this fight is going to be waged for some time, these articles are important. JCanete Dec 2016 #21