Hillary Clinton Vs. Donald Trump: Polls Show Many Millennial Voters Turning Toward Trump If They Can’t Have Sanders

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are currently the presumed nominees of the Democratic and Republican party, however, Bernie Sanders and his devoted young supporters are not giving up just yet. They do have their various reasons, and among those is the thought that neither Trump nor Clinton compare well to Bernie from their point of view. If forced to make a decision between the two, which will they choose?

Donald Trump’s popularity among the under-30 crowd is not exactly soaring, as dislike for Hillary Clinton has reached new heights just this month. According to Fortune, 53 percent of people under 30 dislike Hillary. Fortune asserts their Clinton aversion is because of her establishment image and corporate ties.

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, the director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University, weighed in on projections that predict millennial voters will continue to vote within party lines.

“It seems to be a mistake to assume that because there’s a Democratic Party nominee that they will vote for that person.”

Are Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party overestimating party loyalty among younger voters? There is a long-held idea that most voters are party-loyal. Democrats don’t seem to be worried about losing younger voters to Donald Trump. Long-time professional pollsters still believe youngsters will fall in line — the party line, that is — once all hope for Bernie’s presidency is lost. It has to be considered, though, that this election is different in many ways than previous elections. Opinions are pretty divided on how the younger set will eventually vote, but it is likely that they will be a deciding factor in the 2016 election.

Donald Trump is inching ahead, according to ABC News polls, and now leads Hillary Clinton 46 percent to 44 percent. The biggest shift was in the 18-to-29 demographic. Clinton has lost 19 percent of young voters, and Trump has gained 17 percent of them. The poll revealed the huge shift since March. That change of heart is counted as a 36 percent shift, according to Red Alert Politics.

Hillary Clinton still leads among the under 30-year-old demographic, but now only by 3 percentage point. Clinton has 45 percent, while Trump has 42 percent of the young voters. Donald also holds a strong lead in voters over 40, according to Red Alert Politics. The only age-related demographic substantially preferring Clinton is voters in their 30s. Clinton has a comfortable 50 to 35 percent lead in that category. One must consider, though, that millennial kids and baby boomers are now the two largest population groups.

Donald Trump would gain 20 percent of Bernie Sanders supporter votes, according to the ABC poll cited in Red Alert Politics. According to the USA Today, though, Sanders’ vast army of supporters will get over of their anti-Hillary angst before November. They cite that 24 percent of Hillary supporters expressed the same sort of anger against Obama in 2008, but most eventually voted for Obama and not John McCain as they had threatened.

NBC’s Peter D. Hart, a Democratic pollster, believes party loyalty will come into play even with Bernie’s frustrated millennial troop.

“The idea that somehow they’re just about to walk away from the voting process does not hold water.”

Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party may have made a lasting negative impression on many millennial voters, according to Red Alert Politics. Red Alert Politics has a different take on the abrupt change in millennial voters. Could they vote for Donald Trump out of spite?

Writer Ron Meyer summarized the situation in terms of who they hate the most.

“Sanders supporters, frustrated by what many of them call the DNC ‘rigging’ the primary, are abandoning the Democrat Party over this fight. Republican millennials are settling into supporting Trump, while independents and Sanders’ supporters are disgusted by the Democrat Party’s Super Delegate system and Clinton’s establishment brand of politics. Millennials still don’t like Trump, but right now, they despise the Clinton Machine even more.”

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While Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party have reportedly enraged young voters, Donald Trump could be far too angry and outspoken for many young college students.

Fortune quoted a professor of political science, Thad Kousser, of University of California, San Diego.

“[Young voters] grew up with this cultural norm of not bullying, being inclusive and with diversity being seen as a strength, not a weakness. Donald Trump has to talk in a different way if he’s going to get these voters. He can’t just be that bully who says we need these jobs back. He needs a message for people who are still looking for good jobs and who are more comfortable with the new face of America.”

Hillary Clinton is still trying to speak to the politically correct younger generation. She repeats all the latest PC phrases with devotion. Hillary claims to espouse social liberalism, but she isn’t economically reassuring to disenfranchised youth. Hillary’s refusal to acknowledge the continuing recession or address the particular economic hardships of millennials has not helped her cause with young people.

Donald Trump has quite a few young supporters who followed him from the beginning, but not all young voters started out as Sanders supporters.

Fortune quotes Jeremy Wiggins, a 20-year-old college student, as he spoke about his decision to support Trump, even over Bernie Sanders.

“You have an honesty (with) Sanders or Trump, an honesty with your candidate. But for why you’d choose Trump over Sanders, for somebody my age you’re going to be in the job market very soon, starting your first job, getting health insurance and … we want the jobs to be there.”

Will Donald Trump win over the younger set by directing a message to their wallets, if not their hearts? Does Bernie Sanders still have a chance? Will Hillary Clinton be forgiven by November?

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