Hillary Clinton Returns 'Home' to New York The Atlantic

Hillary Clinton was introduced by Representative Charles Rangel at the Apollo Theater in Harlem yesterday. Rep Rangel persuaded Hillary to run for the Senate in 1999. After that Senator Chuck Schumer, the future minority leader -- or majority leader if Hillary has her way -- reviewed Clinton's achievements and accolades as the junior senator from New York.

Clinton’s campaign packed the stage behind her with young women who carried signs that said ‘Welcome Home’ and who chanted, “I’m with her!” and “Madam President!” But the many young faces in the Harlem crowd also highlighted Clinton’s challenge: In New York, the voters most likely to tilt to Sanders are ones who are scarcely old enough to remember Clinton’s tenure as senator.

Michael Tosto, 26, has been backing Clinton from the start. But his friends aren’t. “None of them. That’s the sad thing,” he said after the rally. “It’s the brainwashing of the student loans and the revolution thing.” The same was true for Sam Ackerberg, a law student from Brooklyn. “Most of my peers and most of my Facebook network are supporting Bernie,” he said. “But I’m staying strong.”

Op-ed: I'm a radical, and I support Hillary Clinton Baltimore Sun

Activist and anarchist Emma Goldman once said "I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things" after being told off by a fellow anarchist for dancing and enjoying herself when he thought she should be serious and dignified in her role as an agitator. Her response to him boiled down to "if I can't dance, it's not my revolution!"

I'm a 34-year-old, college-educated, radical woman, and I'm tired of hearing and reading about why I should support Bernie Sanders and how my generation has a lack of enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton. I can't dance to Bernie Sanders, but I feel real inspiration about everything that Hillary says and stands for. I refuse to be told how I should think and feel about this Democratic primary.

How Bernie Can Win (But He's Not Going To Like It) Politico

We're so glad to read the age-related data in this article. The media and pollsters have made much of Bernie's popularity with younger voters and Hillary's with older ones. The majority of age analysis has Bernie leading in 45 and younger, and Hillary older than 45. It's not a terribly pretty picture, and it's also not true.

The statistics show incontrovertibly that a dramatic generation gap hovers over the entire Democratic race. Through the March 15 contests, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Sanders has won 71 percent of the under-30 vote. Subtract those votes from the overall raw totals, and you find that Clinton has reaped 65 percent of the 30-plus vote. Sanders brags about his massive youth support, but the reality is that the generation gap cuts in Clinton’s favor. Age was also the difference between Sanders winning Michigan and losing the rest of the Midwest: 45 percent of the Michigan Democratic electorate was under 45 years of age, whereas in Ohio and Illinois, that share was less than 40 percent.

Those numbers tell us that Sanders can’t simply turn up the volume of the attacks on Clinton from the left, as the campaign has signaled to the Washington Post it would do. Such moves will appeal mainly to people already inclined to back him. To outperform the models and reach voters outside of his core constituencies, Sanders needs to change his game and adjust his message.