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Clinton shows weakness among women - Women from every generation flocked to Bernie Sanders' events
kxly.com ^ | 2-8-2016 | Nia-Malika Henderson and Jeff Zeleny CNN

Posted on 02/08/2016 9:57:03 PM PST by Citizen Zed

As Hillary Clinton seeks to break that "highest, hardest glass ceiling," she is finding that -- at least in this state -- women voters aren't so eager to help her shatter it.

And it's not just young women. At rallies across New Hampshire, women from every generation have flocked to Bernie Sanders' events.

They sport "Grandmas for Bernie" buttons, laud him for his vision, and seem content to pass up the opportunity to put Clinton on a historic path to the White House, betting that there will be another chance down the line.

"That ceiling will be shattered at some time and I just think it takes the right person to do that and right now she is not the right person for me," said Ann Kaiser, a gray-haired grandmother from Hampton, New Hampshire, who is supporting Sanders. "I think she would be very vulnerable. She would be hit so hard, in so many sectors that I think it would be tough for her to win."

Kaiser, who said she voted for Clinton in the 2008 primary, attended a Sanders rally in Portsmouth with her granddaughter, who echoed her sentiments.

"I did start out this election supporting Hillary because I thought it's time to have a woman president -- we just took a huge leap and bound, electing someone who is an African-American, why can't we have a woman?" said Emily Smith, 19, also of Hampton.

"But then Bernie ran for president and I loved his ideas. It's outrageous that I'm going to be $80,000 in debt" after college, she said. "It's time for a political revolution and it's time to pay attention to the middle class because we're diminishing."

The former secretary of state lags behind Sanders by 11 percentage points among women, 53% to 42%, according to the latest CNN/WMUR poll. Her struggle to attract women voters in the Granite State reflects Sanders' overall strength in the state that borders his Vermont home base; he leads her 61% to 35% in the poll conducted February 4-February 8.

Still, Sanders' ability to win over women voters -- long considered Clinton's strongest base -- suggests that she could struggle to piece together a reliable coalition in upcoming states as well.


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To: r_barton
A new kids book, "Why does Grandma aways wear an orange jumpsuit?"

I don't care if it's only Tuesday. The contest is over. You've got Post of the Week.

21 posted on 02/08/2016 10:46:45 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: knarf

I’d say cultural destruction, unless we get immigration under control.

But I think that technological change is so much, that the future’s going to be very different no matter what.


22 posted on 02/08/2016 10:55:31 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

agreed


23 posted on 02/08/2016 10:56:24 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Citizen Zed
I've always felt the first woman President would be a Republican. We've got some very smart women in our party.

And they don't always come off like bitter shrews.

24 posted on 02/08/2016 11:00:12 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: Citizen Zed

“I did start out this election supporting Hillary because I thought it’s time to have a woman president — we just took a huge leap and bound, electing someone who is an African-American, why can’t we have a woman?” said Emily Smith, 19, also of Hampton.

...

Half of all people have below average intelligence.


25 posted on 02/08/2016 11:01:24 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Varsity Flight
I know you were making a joke, but I thought Carly SHOULD have been on the main debate stage.

I'm not voting for her, but I do have a sense of fair play.

26 posted on 02/08/2016 11:01:39 PM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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To: Citizen Zed

As much as I can’t stand Hillary, I would take her any day over Sanders — not because she is a woman (I don’t give a rat’s a— about diversity), but because Sanders is a nut. The young people don’t realize how much they are being misled.

Maybe I’ve had an awakening of sorts lately, but every time I see these supporters, I feel like I’ve moved on or something. They just seem weirder & weirder. While the Republican party has matured, the Democrats are retreating increasingly into a Candy Land world.


27 posted on 02/08/2016 11:21:18 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Citizen Zed
"It's outrageous that I'm going to be $80,000 in debt"

Clinton's Federal Student Loan program jacked up the college cost and the universities laundered the money through the Democrat party.

The way around that was going to community college to get the liberal arts or core requirements out of the way while living at home and working a part time job, then transferring to the more expensive college the last two years at most.

Then again, they dumbed down the SAT for people like this moron, so I'm not sympathetic.

28 posted on 02/09/2016 2:08:55 AM PST by Read Write Repeat (Not one convinced me they want the job yet)
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To: Citizen Zed
They sport "Grandmas for Bernie" buttons, laud him for his vision, and seem content to pass up the opportunity to put Clinton on a historic path to the White House

There you go ladies, even Grandma wants to pull Bernie's lever..............

29 posted on 02/09/2016 4:11:19 AM PST by varon
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

One enlistment in the military service of her choice would have taken care of that.


30 posted on 02/09/2016 5:21:00 AM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: Citizen Zed

Its very simple really.

Every woman longs for a strong man to provide for her and take care of her.

The Bern fills that primal need.

Hillary is belatedly discovering a woman can’t equal a man’s appeal in getting women’s needs met.

And the first woman President shtick is wearing old real fast.


31 posted on 02/09/2016 7:13:13 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Slyfox

Great pair of ladies....

NOT


32 posted on 02/09/2016 7:14:39 AM PST by nascarnation
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