Older Voters May Be Hillary Clinton’s Answer to Bernie Sanders’s Youth Appeal

[workinclasszero]

Older Voters May Be Hillary Clinton’s Answer to Bernie Sanders’s Youth Appeal
By AMY CHOZICK MARCH 20, 2016

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — The afternoon of the Florida primaries last week, Sylvia Wolfson, 87, and more than a dozen other retirees scurried around an office set up with trays of cookies from Costco and large-print instructions on how to unlock the restroom door.

They were diligently calling voters to remind them to be at their polling locations no later than 7 p.m. and to be sure to vote for Hillary Clinton.

Mrs. Wolfson, who was volunteering for Mrs. Clinton, said she realized Senator Bernie Sanders had excited young people, but all of her friends and neighbors in her retirement community here were rooting for the former first lady and secretary of state.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Not this old voter.

Or any of my old friends, either.

[unapatriciated]

2. not this one either

nor anyone in my family and circle of friends. We are a very diverse group and the one thing we have in common is a desire for social and economic equality. That is why we support Sanders.

[redstateblues]

3. Everybody I knew at the time voted for McGovern

How is it possible he didn't win?

[unapatriciated]

6. The country was very conservative at that time.

Even California (where I grew up) at that time was pretty conservative. As a young woman who protested against the war I found that many of my peers did not agree. McGovern was my first vote.

[KPN]

4. Or this one!

[Pastiche423]

11. Or this one, either!

There are about 12 people in my circle of friends. I am the baby at 61. The eldest is 86. Everyone of us is for Bernie!

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[TheBlackAdder]

5. Yep! They lived by transferring their debt to the Federal Deficit, one the Millenials must pay back!

[Autumn]

7. I'm old, I know a lot of old people, not a one of them is for Hillary.

Must be a Florida versus Colorado thing.

[cosmicone]

8. Plus ..

older voters reliably vote and are not affected by March-madness, spring break or finals.

[workinclasszero]

9. Thats right

[SamKnause]

10. Not this 62, soon to be 63 year old female voter.