CNN Fears Dems Can’t Reconcile Generational Divide in Their Base

Nicholas Fondacaro | March 3, 2020
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As CNN host Jake Tapper pointed out during their Super Tuesday coverage, there was an obvious generational divide between the Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wing of the Democratic Party and former Vice President Joe Biden’s (D). “Younger voters overwhelmingly are with Bernie Sanders … And older voters are overwhelmingly with Joe Biden.” Sharing their fears of that divide and resentment carrying over to the general election was a theme during the 9:00 p.m. hour.

“But that schism, the idea that younger people love Sanders and older people love Biden is one that actually potentially bodes ill for the Democratic nominee. Because one of those guys probably is going to win. But where do those other voters go for,” Tapper asked chief political correspondent Dana Bash.

Perhaps recalling a bad omen, Bash reminded Tapper that in 2016 much of Sanders’ base didn’t turn out Hillary Clinton. “Or, do they go? I mean, that was the question that got answered in a negative way for Hillary Clinton four years ago. Because you had the same generational divide in 2016, and a lot of those voters were so disaffected that they stayed home,” she explained.

After a brief update on the numbers rolling in, host Anderson Cooper prompted his entirely liberal panel to discuss that schism. CNN host and liberal activist Van Jones saw that divide in the black community, saying: “Those young black voters see something in Bernie they’re excited about and they don’t see it in Biden.”

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