2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why are Millennial women so in love with Bernie? [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)college aged and younger crowd, when they start getting a bit older, with families and out in the work force, they tend to go Hillary.
I think the definition of what "millennials" are is getting in the way. The way it's defined both a kid and their parent could fit.
She's doing pretty well with black women and men under 40 as well.
I think it has more to do with the style of the campaign right now, he's more exciting, and he's offering stuff that they think they'll get immediately. Like the Free College thing, sounds great for those who are just realizing how big their loans are, though he won't be delivering it for them. (They'll still have loans to pay back no matter what, their younger sibs perhaps might benefit, if everything worked out, like say, if the RNC had a bad bout of food poisoning or some such calamity at their convention) and a whole new Democratic Congress got magically elected.
The healthcare thing too, Medicare for all sounds good, til you understand that what he's planning isn't medicare for all, and really great for those wondering what to do when they are bumped off their parent's insurance plans. And let's not forget who's enlisting in the military.
It's after this age though that reality starts to set in, and people want details and while they might like what he's saying, at least in the primaries, they don't necessarily think he'll win. A lot of people are voting for the rhetoric in the primary, fully planning on voting for pragmatism in the GE. (Even if Bernie wins the primary somehow, that anti-Trump vote is still a very pragmatic one.)
But I don't think women *love* Bernie, I really do think it's the guys, he's speaking to the, and their fears and at least one of it is "I'm not voting for mom". (That applies to both genders I think.)