The coverage I was watching showed statistics for different demographics (age, income, sex, etc.), and Obama overwhelmingly took the under 30 vote. I think that is interesting! It might also explain how he could pull out 8 points ahead when the polls had him at dead even - since so many young people don't have land line telephones to respond to polls.
He also took the women's vote, 35% versus 30% for Hillary. That hurt her bad, and was a surprise to the political pundits.
He also took the women's vote, 35% versus 30% for Hillary. That hurt her bad, and was a surprise to the political pundits.
I don't know why it was such a shock. For starters, she's just not very likable. Couple that with the fact that many women of Gen X and Y (and a smidge older) probably don't have drive to put a woman in the Oval Office simply because she has ovaries. We weren't privy to the struggles of gaining equality like the older generations were. We had strong, competent women to look up to, like Sally Ride, Madeleine Albright, et al, and know deep down that it will be possible and probable that a woman will be president, because we were brought up with the message (and the proof) that women can be anything they want to be.
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