Fogdog
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You can stare at those charts and convince yourself of whatever you like. I agree that the younger and diverse grouping embraces real change over the older groups. But we don't need a chart to know this. That chart, doesn't really show election results of the primary, however. Of the 25 states that held a primary and had exit polling, this is how the black vote broke down:
There are other ways of looking at generational and racial differences, of course. People often talk about under-30s, or Millennials, as a politically distinct group, and polling shows Sanders is even stronger with this group than under-45s overall. There are also very real differences between – and within – the ethnic and racial groups contained in “non-white”. But using simply these four larger groups provides more reliable data and goes some way to illuminate one of the most important demographic cleavages of the primary.
For example, the Sanders campaign's inability to connect with older voters in the same way as younger voters, whatever their race, helps to explain how he came up short – in exit polls, the over-45s often apprached or even exceeded 60% of the Democratic primary electorate. But the rapid growth of his support across a diverse range of young people is also a reminder of how important the Sanders coalition to the future of the Democratic Party.
https://today.yougov.com/news/2016/06/07/age-and-race-democratic-primary/
The youngest age group is promising to be really good for this country. Same was true in the 60's. The white boomer crowd became much more conservative and racist as it got older. Just sayin. Your bleating about pc culture doesn't make me very optimistic you will do better.
