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Protesters Gather Outside Hillary Clinton Rally
Protesters Gather Outside Hillary Clinton Rally
Protesters gathered Thursday in the streets and on the campus of East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, where former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Supporters of Clinton's Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, confronted Clinton's backers outside the college as a cordon of police kept watch."She would do absolutely nothing to help the middle class," said Cilena Aziz, a Sanders supporter.Among the protesters gathered were members of Union del Barrio, a political group with a presence in South Los Angeles. They said Clinton did not support a national $15 minimum wage and has been a part of anti-immigration policies, including deporting undocumented children.
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Re: Protesters Gather Outside Hillary Clinton Rally
People have a right to express their views peacefully.
Not much of a story.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Where there are differences of opinions there will be people wanting to protest.
Where there are HUGE difference of opinions there will be HUGE protests.
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Re: Protesters Gather Outside Hillary Clinton Rally
I think this is a story. It goes back to the question of what will happen with Sanders supporters once he is done.
I think Clinton is going to have a hard time convincing a significant segment of Sanders supporters to vote for her come November. So do they stay home, vote for Trump or possibly a third party candidate.
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I'm speculating that many in the 18-29 demographic stay home, unless Trump manages to scare or disgust them enough to show up.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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That would be my guess as well, the young voters stay home as they feel defeated by Bernie losing.
Trump will almost certainly peel away some Reagan Democrats and other blue collar workers who are mainly supporting Bernie for economic reasons (such as trade and jobs).
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Goose wrote:
I'm speculating that many in the 18-29 demographic stay home, unless Trump manages to scare or disgust them enough to show up.
I think a LOT of the voting demographics are turned off by this election.
If you look at historical election turnout actually the under 45 crowd has been constantly on a "downtick" in percent of voter turnout over the last decade or two with perhaps the exception of Obama's first run.
In terms of the views of Clinton and Sander and Trump for the younger generation, Clinton (if she is nominated) actually holds the best chance and is not too far off of Sanders (she does agree with the $15 min but not nationally. She never has proposed free college for all as has Sanders, though).
It will be interesting to analyze the winner and demographics after this whole "mess" is over with and see how the R and D tribe adjust to what happens.
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