Less than half the voters in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary found Clinton to be honest and trustworthy, while about 90 percent believed those qualities fit her rival, Bernie Sanders.
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“New Hampshire doesn’t answer the $64,000 question, which is how Sanders will play with minorities”, said Scala.
Once labeled a “fringe candidate” by his detractors, Sanders received majority support from younger voters and those who called themselves moderate or political liberal.
Yet that message is also muddled by independent voters like Don Doucette, a 67-year-old retiree who pulled the lever for Sanders. It feels awful-like there’s more to come, and more to endure. One inkling of bad health could raise the issue at an awkward time, Jones added. “Bernie Sanders has been so consistent”.
The advantage for Sanders extends beyond support at the polls.
It’s also reflective of the general tone of his campaign, which has often focused on declining to get involved in mudfights – for example, he’s resisted attempts to bait him into commenting on the Hillary Clinton email controversy. Clinton was backed by almost 70 percent of those 65 and older.
New Hampshire will host the nation’s first primary Tuesday. But she added: “She takes money from Wall Street”. “They are kind of rudderless… occasionally Hillary grabs the rudder, but until recently she was not that interested in [working on messaging]”.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in front of former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea during a caucus night rally at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.
Clinton faced a similar problem in 2008, when a major setback in Iowa prompted the candidate to publicly float the idea of a campaign shakeup prior to the New Hampshire primary. “Immigrant families shouldn’t have to lie awake at night listening for a knock on the door”, Clinton said. Their concerns are understandable – one reason the campaign has exploded is the groundswell of grassroots support and highly individualized organizing, but that decentralization can make it hard to rein people in when they overstep boundaries. I’ve always been guided by the same values.
“I know I have some work to do, particularly with young people”, Clinton said during a concession speech.
For example, he gave her a pass on her past email practices. Last month, the Pentagon began laying the groundwork for new military actions in Libya, in order to quell the rise of Daesh (an Arabic acronym for the group commonly known in the West as ISIS or ISIL), which has flooded into the power vacuum left after the overthrow of the Gadhafi government.
“I don’t need @madeleine Albright telling me I’m going to hell just because I’m a woman who’s not voting for @HillaryClinton #FeelTheBern”, Sarah wrote on Twitter. Still, even when he acknowledged that our democracy “seems stuck” and “we have to find a new way of doing business”, he didn’t endorse anything revolutionary.
Sanders stuck to core campaign themes this week in an effort to avoid upsetting a race trending his way.
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At almost every campaign stop in New Hampshire, Clinton or a supporter emphasized the role she could play as the first woman in the White House while Sanders galvanized young people with his promise to fix an economy he said was rigged in favor of the wealthy.
