Well since the thesis is that, no, White Millennials are not responsive to Sanders longstanding consistent schtick now because they are reacting to their potentially being put in the back of the bus too, but because they are oh so much more informed and desirous of social democracy, then it behooves one to demonstrate that they actually know what it is and how it differs from the goals of American Liberalism other than in name. So yes, while I have posited that sanders has done good by shifting the Overton Window such that the word “socialism” is no longer as toxic, I wonder if what he has really done is just try to claim that “socialism” meant “liberalism” all along. Which it did not.
Yes younger voters tend to be more liberal than older voters and America overall has incrementally shifted Leftward on many metrics (even as the parties have become more polarized and the Right has become more Rightward). This is nothing new and is no more so now than it was over 50 years ago or any point in between.
So again, why does the message of income inequality suddenly become the message that matters to White Millennials just coincidentally with the time when they increasingly perceive that it does not only apply to people of color but to them too?
What part of discussing why the Super Tuesday results were the way they were and what that implies moving forward do you consider not be discussing the actual election?
Crazy thought, but if you have something else you’d like to bring up to discuss about the Super Tuesday results, the why and the implications, then why not just make the comment and contribute substantively to the discussion?
MSNBC’s exit polling from Michigan and Mississippi I think adds a little light to the heat of this thread.
In Michigan, the democratic electorate is 69% white, 31% black. When asked about Obama’s policies, 52% of Michigan’s Democratic voters said they wanted to continue them, 12% wanted more conservative, and 29% wanted more liberal.
In Mississippi, the democratic electorate is 61% black, 34% white. 72% said they wanted to continue Obama’s policies, 6% wanted more conservative, and 20% wanted more liberal.
And something like 47% in Mississippi said Clinton would be able to handle race relations, 11% Sanders, and 35% both.
This seems to support what a number of us were saying about how black voters might be viewing the candidates.