Both politicians are relying on young and working-course voters but there are key differences between supportersIn 2008,the battle lines were different. The contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination split the Democratic party by demography: the young cool kids were with Obama, along with more educated and more affluent primary voters. Meanwhile Clinton had much stronger support among the white working course and older people. It was the fancy idealist versus the steely pragmatist – and the fight went all the way to the finish line.
Fast-forward eight years and the demographic tribes have changed. The young cool kids are once again overwhelmingly choosing the not-Hillary option, and in the unlikely form of 74-year-faded Senator Bernie Sanders,but what’s new – and risky for Clinton – is that he is picking up the white working course as well. This time round, the Clinton camp has to rely on older people, and richer people and minority voters. Whether or not this will turn out to be enough to win the nomination is the huge question of the campaign.
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Source: theguardian.com