Millennials outnumber baby boomers. They’re among the most important (and in some cases undecided) voters for Hillary Clinton’s campaign—and she is acknowledging that this election is critically important to them as well in an outreach effort aimed at recognizing and addressing everything from college tuition and climate change to civil rights issues.
Clinton’s outreach—mobilizing energizing and popular representatives like President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren; as well as vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine—is intended to inspire and galvanize younger voters. Read more at Time.com, and we’ll keep you updated on what is sure to be a critical election—especially for many women voters and millennials.
time.com – The president of the College Democrats at Ohio University first realized there was a problem several weeks back during a back-to-school campus activity fair. Sam Miller had set up a table on the leafy College Green to help recruit new members on the liberal campus in the foothills of Appalachia. But then she noticed that the Republican table next to her was getting more interest than hers. “They had a ton of people coming up to them,” she recalls.
It was an early warning sign. Even though Clinton has been leading in the polls, she has been trailing in her own goal to motivate and excite the young voters that formed the core of Barack Obama’s winning coalition in 2008 and 2012. Obama won 60% of these voters under age 30 during the re-election campaign, according to 2012 exit polls. Clinton’s support stands at 48% in these ages, according to a CBS News/ New York Times poll released Sept. 15. Among the same voters, Republican nominee Donald Trump trails at 29% support, and 21% of respondents said they would support another candidate or stay at home.
