Hillary Clinton’s voter base: Old, white liberals

Hillary hasn’t been doing herself any favors with the youth vote lately. Bernie Sanders has a commanding lead with young voters, 76 percent to 23 percent, according to a recent McClatchy-Marist poll. But such support is likely not enough to earn Sanders the nomination.

Though Hillary’s lead with voters over age 60 is not as high, at 65 to 29 percent, she still can boast about having the support from a high-voting demographic. Older voters not only dislike Sanders — they vote more than his youth supporters, noted The Washington Post’s Philip Bump.

In addition to the McClatchy-Marist poll, there are exit polls where “every single state” shows that “the oldest Democrats support Sanders less than the youngest.” Bump later notes:

…In a number of states, more than a third of Clinton’s support has come from voters 65 and older, according to exit and entrance polls, including Iowa and Nevada. In no state has more than a fifth of Sanders’s support come from that group.

Hillary still managed to win states where she lost the youth vote badly. This is because she can afford to lose young voters.