Is Voting for Young People?

by Martin P Wattenberg

Book Overview

In 2016, Hillary Clinton managed to win the Democratic nomination despite losing young voters to Bernie Sanders by a margin of 73 to 26 percent. The fact that senior citizens were four times more likely to vote in the primaries than young people enabled her to survive her lack of youth appeal. But in the general election, Clinton's problems with young people turned into her Achilles heel. Young people failed to come out to vote as much as she needed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367445522
• ISBN13: 9780367445522
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"