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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Rube, why do you keep ignoring the point about Bernie's inability to drive the youth vote either? You're acting like he's bringing in a monumental amount of young voters, yet the early primary numbers don't suggest that even slightly. Maybe it's possible Bernie's pull with young people isn't as unstoppable as thought?
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I'm not saying he necessarily can, but he has a better chance of doing it than Biden does. The age gap between Biden and Bernie voters is a massive problem for the Democrats:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...rnout-patterns
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3) Democrats have a gigantic age gap
The Democratic primary is probably best understood as generational warfare. Young voters overwhelmingly want Sanders, and older voters are just as resolutely behind Biden. Look at these exit poll numbers from ABC News/Washington Post:
58 percent of voters ages 18-29 voted for Sanders; just 17 percent picked Biden
41 percent of voters ages 30-44 felt the Bern; 23 percent chose Uncle Joe
It flipped with voters ages 45-64 (42 percent for Biden, 25 percent for Bernie)
Then the 65-and-over crowd was even more lopsided (48 percent for Biden and 15 percent to Sanders)
And if young voters aren’t turning out as much as the Sanders campaign hoped, that’s an advantage for Biden.
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As to why youth vote in the primary might be down for Bernie? Could be he's not driving them out. Another factor might be the growing number of registered independents depleting the pool to draw from.
