Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 02:00 pm
The media got a taste of reality as they were forced to face the truth that millennial Bernie Sanders supporters care about the issues and will support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.
Transcript via ABC’s This Week:
KARL: I want to at least get Alicia on these Millennials because you’ve spent a lot of time talking to them. Are those Millennials that have been 90 percent in some of these states for Hillary Clinton really going to around — I mean, for Bernie Sanders, really going to turn around and say OK I’m for Hillary?
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ALICIA MENENDEZ, “FUSION”: So, we’ve been doing these focus groups throughout the primary talking with young voters who I think it’s important to remember like young I’m talking sometime people my age, 32, want to get married…
KARL: Very young, by the way, just for the record.
MENENDEZ: Yeah, but like — they’re not children. And we are so investing in this election, paying such close attention. When I talk to Bernie Sanders supporters, it is the policies that they are after, right. They like Bernie, but really it is a number of those policies that you just indicated.
But when you really push them and you say, if it comes down to Trump versus Clinton who will you vote for, over and over again you hear that they will show up for Hillary Clinton even if, to them, that is a distasteful choice. If that is the choice that they have to make in November, they’ll come home.
The early polling backs up what Menendez said. The Harvard IOP Spring Poll of millennials found that younger voters are flocking to Democrats because they hate Trump. Clinton leads Trump by 36 points with millennial voters. Trump’s net unfavorable rating with younger voters is (-57). Trump’s unfavorable rating with young Republicans is a net (-20).
The mainstream media has developed a perception of younger voters who support Bernie Sanders as angry idealistic kids who aren’t paying attention to the issues, but the issues are the biggest reason why millennials have supported Sen. Sanders. Millennials have been hit hardest by student debt, income inequality, and the decline in upward economic mobility.
These voters are well informed, and they aren’t going to be fooled into voting Republican. Trump is everything that millennial voters are fighting against. Younger voters are also keenly aware that they have an opportunity to influence the future direction of the Democratic Party. A large number of younger voters mobilized around Sen. Sanders, but they are going to support the candidate in November who best speaks to their issues.
That candidate has not, not will ever be, Donald Trump.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the corporate-owned mainstream media is completely clueless about what is most important to younger voters.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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