Why Young Democrats Love Sanders and Really Don’t Like Clinton

In his last appearance before the primary here on Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton said he wishes “sometimes” that he wasn’t married to Hillary Clinton because then he could speak more freely.

He then mocked Bernie Sanders’s core campaign idea that America needs a political revolution. He reportedly labeled Sanders as “the champion of all things small and the enemy of all things big”. “It bothers me to be in an election where debate is impossible, because if you disagree you’re just part of the establishment”, he said.

The latest polls from New Hampshire show Sanders, an independent Senator from Vermont seeking the Democratic nomination, with a 54-40 percent lead over Clinton, a former Secretary of State.

At Sunday’s event, Clinton painted Sanders as a foolhardy candidate whose proposals aren’t paid for and whose supporters include misogynists.

Bill Clinton’s strongest criticism was, however, directed toward some of Sanders’ supporters nick-named “Bernie Bros”, who he alleged were using misogynistic and sexist language to attack Hillary Clinton’s supporters online.

In a Sunday speech in Milford, Clinton attacked Sanders supporters for supposed “sexist” and “profane” slams against his wife. “If we can stand together, we can bring change”. “We’ve been doing a lot of fantastic work here, and I’m glad people are paying attention”. It’s a line of attack that may end up working no better in the Democratic primaries than it did in the Republican primaries, true believers aren’t easily swayed with facts, but that’s weakened by Bill Clinton hitting his own weak point.

The Clintons have made more subtle jabs at Sanders before and repeatedly noted that Sanders has a proximity advantage – no neighboring candidate has ever lost the primary here in an open-seat race, he will say. If I were Crazy Bernie, you know what I would do?

“It makes you feel good to condemn but it makes more difference if you make something happen”, he said.

“Clinton’s struggles with women underscore the extent to which she has not yet figured out how to harness the history-making potential of her candidacy in the same way that Barack Obama mobilized minorities and white liberals excited about electing the first black president”, write the Post’s Abby Phillip and Frances Stead-Sellers.

Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon, suggested young women were only going to Mr Sanders’ rallies so they could find boys to date.

“I love Bernie, and I also really like Hillary”, Fagan said. But just 11 percent of women and men aged 17 to 24 and 17 percent of those aged 25 to 29 caucused for her, according to an NBC News exit poll.