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.
The other demographic she’s relying on is blacks.
I think they’re going to abandon her too.
I thought the first part of the headline was talking about Bill!
More government is the obvious answer (rolling eyes)
Women don’t like being lied to any more than other folks do
Get your only friend to say that all of you all are going to hell unless you support Hitlary.
Vote for me or I'll see you in hell!
The only way Hillary remains afloat is that she has something on the Obama administration.
She can’t beat the worst RINO candidate that can be offered up.
A radical socialist asked her for a transcript of a speech and she will not produce it as it would seal her doom.
Thanks Bernie, even a sissy like you can take her down, and you were too afraid to mention her e-mail problem.
The groper Biden will not have a chance.
The Republican candidate will be running against Bloomberg.
Democrats are out this year.
Women can recognize a nasty -itch when they see one and they see Hitlery as one.
Hope so!
$80,000 in debt then don’t go to college or join the army and use GI benefits when you get out, go to trade school and don’t take woman studies because being $80,000 in debt you will be unemployed.
The “inevitable” one is simply too unlikable to win a general election, and maybe even too unlikeable to win the Dem nomination.
Hillary is a thief and they know it.
Old School Socialism is dead. They want the Bern.
Man, this is great! Could her next stop be Terre Haute federal prison?
That’s just down I-70 from me. I might drop by on conjugal visits day and sign in for Her Heinous as ‘Natalie Portman’!
Stupid bitch just never learned American ... get in, get out, be thankful ...
But NO OOOOOOOOOOOOO !
A new kids book, “Why does Grandma aways wear an orange jumpsuit?” ;-)
I think everyone including her supporters knows that she is as corrupt as a banana republic dictator. I think you will find at this point the ones that are supporting her do it out of fear that the republicans will clean house and arrest them for crimes they have committed while the democrats controlled the executive branch.
What a relief when she’s finally gone.
The clintons are gone, the Bush's are gone (yeb sealed their fate), the Kennedy's are dead, and we're on the eve of either destruction or salvation ...
Albright and Steinum sure came out for Carly being blackballed from the last debate didn’t they?
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