Bernie Sanders drubbing of Hillary Clinton says young voters are disregarding her record on women rights, human rights and civil rights, but are more concerned with her connection to wall street and big banks.
Hillary received millions of dollars in political donations during the 2008 presidential campaign from Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase just to name a few, as reported on investopedia.com and attributed to the Center for Responsive Politics. In addition to political contributions Hillary profited handsomely from speeches, in the $150,000 range at huge multinational companies. Young voters may see her candidacy as more of the same in terms of income inequality, an underperforming job market and high student debt.
Young White voters preferred Bernie
Sanders won with 60 percent of the votes in New Hampshire compared to 40 percent for Clinton. He garnered 83 percent of voters in the 18-29 age bracket and 78 percent of first time voters. That’s why Hillary is looking forward to South Carolina with it’s large Black population compared to New Hampshire-which is overwhelmingly White.
The day after New Hampshire Bernie met with Rev. Al Sharpton head of the National Action Network, seeking his endorsement as he takes his message of a pathway to citizenship, income and wealth inequality, and single-payer healthcare down south to attract Black votes.
After the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 African Americans have voted overwhelmingly democratic, and this campaign should be more of the same. But in order for Sanders to defeat Hillary in critical southern states, he needs to get at least 50 percent of the Black vote. Even with an endorsement from Rev. Al Sharpton his chances of succeeding is slim.
Black voters heavily supported her husband Bill Clinton during his run for the presidency in 1992 and 1996, but we’ll have to see if that support transfers to Hillary in 2016. It didn’t in 2008 when Blacks voted in droves for President Obama, after a fairly negative campaign.
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