Capturing the voters: Capturing the votes of the millennial has become a focus of both Presidential Candidates in the 2016 Election. Hillary Clinton has finely focused on and made it her central role to capture young voters. It has been proven through past elections that young voters are a great majority of our country’s voters. Young voters helped Barack Obama, as he received 60% of young voter’s votes in 2012, resulting in over 20% of his overall votes. Clinton is in believe that the millennial voters make up for over 25% of the voting demographics in this election. Capturing their vote is ideal. But, she has one issue. The millennial are refusing to vote for her.
Who do the Millennial voters support? As a challenger facing Donald Trump neither candidate has the upper hand and they are both fighting for the same moderate, undecided voters like the millennial vote, Clinton nor Trump have captured the millennial voter’s attention for the right reasons. Neither candidate is viewed as trustworthy, honest or relatable. Young voters feel they do not connect with either candidate, leaving them unsure of which candidate to vote for in the Election. According to CNN, “while walking through the campus of East Carolina University, students were interviewed and only one student stated she was voting for Hillary” (CNN.com). Her last hope to gain these votes is to grasp on Bernie Sanders’s values and beliefs, as Bernie had captured almost all of millennial voters before he suspended his campaign.
She needs Bernie’s supporters: This image portrays young voters who were in support of Bernie. These same voters across the nation are now undecided, moderate voters who have one of the most difficult elections to vote in as their first election. Will the vote for Hillary or Trump? Only time will tell, but I believe they will vote against Clinton as millennial voters show little like for the candidate and tend to disagree with her beliefs. Many males and females also feel distant from Clinton, as she cares too much about gender issues rather than the more prominent issues in our country. Clinton has displayed many disappointing characteristics, including lying, which has guided young voters away from her. Along with lying, her deleted emails have also causes voters to dislike her and feel that she is untrustworthy.
Only time (and the Election) will tell: As each week, debate, and time passes the candidates are giving it their last push and all to capture the attention of the young voters. As for the results of the millennial voters, only the 2016 Presidential Election will tell.
Elizabeth Bowers
I agree with you that Clinton needs to grasp Sander’s beliefs and values if she wants to win millennial votes. However, I don’t think that if she fails to do that, more millennials will vote for Trump. I don’t think either of the two major parties have addressed issues concerning college students, especially interest rates on loans. I also believe she could hint at legalizing marajuana and win votes from millennials without losing the support she all ready has.