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BeyondGeography

(39,278 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:23 PM Oct 2019

Young NH Warren Backers Love That She's Similar to Sanders. Older Ones Love That She's Different.

...More than a thousand people came to Elizabeth Warren’s event on Thursday at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., and students waited in line to take a selfie with the Senator and to pet her dog Bailey. Sanders came to Dartmouth in late September and spoke to a crowd that was roughly the same size, and many of the students at the Warren event said they had also gone to the Sanders one.

Some said they supported Warren because they saw her as Sanders’s natural heir. “I love Bernie,” said Jackson Harris, a 21-year-old geography and computer science major at Dartmouth. “He’s done a lot of really great things in his life, but this is not his time for the Presidency. It’s time for Warren to get it done.”

“He’s so old, and Warren’s so similar to him,” said Harris’s friend Juan Lainez, a 21-year-old senior majoring in government and Latin American studies. “Everyone who was for Bernie four years ago is now for Warren.”

Underneath it all, the students said they wanted someone who could win. “I think Warren can pull it off,” says Em Morris, a 22-year-old graduate student in experimental and molecular medicine who enthusiastically supported Sanders in 2016. “Any of them can win, but I think Warren will put up the best fight.”

A few hours later, at an event at Newport Opera House in Newport, N.H., Warren gave a nearly identical speech to a much older crowd, but the selfie line was just as long. Here, the crowd was full of people who had voted for Clinton in 2016, who were skeptical of Sanders’s far-left ideology and saw Warren as a more practical alternative. Many were senior citizens themselves who were concerned about Sanders’s age.

“Bernie’s not a bad guy, but she’s more plan-oriented,” says Sally Caltrider, a 65-year-old registered nurse who voted for Clinton in the 2016 primary. “I was upset with Bernie at the end of the primary last time, I don’t think he did enough to support Hillary.” Besides, she added, “his health concerns me.” Other older voters shared that concern. “Bernie’s too old,” said Lisa Matthews, 64, “I wish he’d get outta there.”

“If she can’t beat Trump, nobody can,” said Mary Edes, 71, a retired teacher who also voted for Clinton in 2016. “I’m hoping it’s not going to be a man.”

“I think some people think she’s too far left, but if people listened to her, they will come away with a different opinion,” says Cindy Martin, a 66-year-old retiree. “I don’t think she’s aligned with the far-left socialists. She’s not as far left as Bernie Sanders.”

More at https://time.com/5710602/elizabeth-waren-new-hampshire-bernie-sanders/
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Young NH Warren Backers Love That She's Similar to Sanders. Older Ones Love That She's Different. (Original Post) BeyondGeography Oct 2019 OP
I'm for both!!!... InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #1
I know...I like your spirit BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #2
Thanks!! We're gonna make a great team!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2019 #4
This is a fascinating article. Thanks for posting. LonePirate Oct 2019 #3
 

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,110 posts)
1. I'm for both!!!...
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:28 PM
Oct 2019

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
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BeyondGeography

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2. I know...I like your spirit
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:30 PM
Oct 2019
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InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,110 posts)
4. Thanks!! We're gonna make a great team!!
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:16 PM
Oct 2019

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
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LonePirate

(13,386 posts)
3. This is a fascinating article. Thanks for posting.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:51 PM
Oct 2019
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