Are Latino Democrats split over Sanders, Clinton?
In the poll, Hillary Clinton is believed to be more electable than Sanders, with nine out of 10 voters believing in her, but other polls have been telling a different story. The Bernie Sanders Twitter account this morning obliged, sharing a video of a paid Sanders speaking fee for which the senator was paid $500, a sum he subsequently donated to charity.
No prominent leader who supports Clinton, including Clinton herself, is saying to vote for her on the sole basis of gender.
“And many of those workers were terribly, terribly exploited”.
“We actually see kind of an interesting phenomenon among the Latino community in states like Nevada”, David Damore, a professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a pollster with Latino Decisions, told Fox News Latino.
With both candidates scrambling to win over African-American voters ahead of primary and caucus contests in Nevada and South Carolina, Sen.
Mature voters may find themselves amazed, Sowell writes, that so many young people are enamored of socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Adam Johnson is an associate editor at AlterNet.
One Nevada Democrat said the fact the race is close shows Clinton is no longer an unassailable front-runner.
At another point, Clinton expressed impatience with a primary fight that seems likely to drag on deep into the calendar.
In the first two presidential contests – Iowa and New Hampshire – there wasn’t much talk about young voters.
The episode comes amid stepped-up outreach from both campaigns toward black voters and an ongoing effort by Clinton, the former secretary of state, to cast herself as the best Democratic candidate to build upon Obama’s legacy. “Every time she opens her mouth, I can’t help but think she’s lying about something”.
Sanders said he thinks Bill Clinton did a “pretty good job as president”, but criticized Clinton’s trade and regulatory policies.
Hours before the event at Morehouse, Sanders came under fire from Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., who said Sanders’ plans for free public college leaves students at private HBCUs “out in the cold”. She said it was “premature” to consider making a change.
The Democratic candidates’ immigration records have become a source of contention in the final days leading up to Nevada’s caucus on Saturday, because of the personal and economic importance of immigration in the lives of residents in the state.
Clinton has been reaffirming her ties to Hispanic and other minority voting bloc groups in recent weeks, and Sanders’ easy win in New Hampshire lent the Vermont senator additional momentum going into Super Tuesday. This year, they will have the added impact of showing whether the strong Sanders showing, especially in New Hampshire, was unique or represents broader sentiment among Democrats.