Week Six Polls
It looks like Sanders has been staying steady as Clinton reaches 50% support. Sander's remains at 30%, trailing Clinton by 20 points. Although, there are a few different polls that have been showing numbers as low as 25.5% for Bernie Sanders at this point.
Some seem to be wondering what will happen to Bernie Sander's "army of young voters" if he looses. It seems as though Sanders relies rather heavily on voters that are between the ages of 18 to 45 years old. A good 45% of the voters under 34 years old have a positive view of Bernie Sanders, but he seems to especially catch the eye of younger voters who are currently upset with the government. According to NBCNews about 50% of democrat leaning voters are not satisfied with the federal government, along with another fourth who are clearly upset. 43% of these unhappy voters support Sanders, giving him the upper hand to Clinton who only has the support of 38% of these voters. Even though younger voters haven't contributed much to the primary vote, as those above the age of forty tend to make up 67% of the primary vote, it seems as though in the past couple of elections younger voters have been slowly gaining more power.
Despite these polls, Sanders hasn't seemed to have lost spirit. 13ABC News reports Sanders shrugging off the low polls, quite literally, saying, "...poll numbers go up and they go down." If what he says is true, then there is always hope for Sanders' future polls.
Sources: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-hillary-clinton-hits-fifty-percent-support-n454556
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/10/30/if-bernie-sanders-loses-what-happens-to-his-army-of-young-voters/
http://www.13abc.com/home/headlines/Exclusive-Bernie-Sanders-shrugs-off-lagging-poll-numbers-337790981.html
I don't think Sanders has much to worry about. It's still very early to tell whether the current polls will make much of a difference, and I have a feeling that the tides are beginning to turn against Hillary, and that Sanders will gain popularity in the long term.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting that he is most targeted at younger people. I didn't know that but I guess it makes sense since his views are fairly liberal
ReplyDeleteBernie Sanders is right. Poll numbers go up, and then they go down. However, many young people have failed to turn out for the primary vote in past elections, giving Hillary the upper-hand among Democrats. This being said, I agree with you in regards to younger voters gradually playing a larger role. All factors considered, we'll have to see what happens these next few months on the campaign trail.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is way too early in the campaign to make a sure guess at this point but going down in the polls is never a good thing. But as Bernie says, polls go up and they go down, so I guess only time will show.
ReplyDeleteIt is smart to target younger voters because they will be the one deciding the future of American policies. At the same time targeting the younger voters could be dangerouse because it leaves out the large majority of people over 45. Sanders should try targetting both groups.
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