Presidential election

US primaries: benefit of youth

Hillary Clinton has the support of many Democrats, but the young voters prefer their socialist Challenger, Bernie Sanders. His call for a “political Revolution” has hit a nerve.

Melissa Rubios mother died of cancer. Two weeks later, her father dismissed. He had as a construction worker in the suburbs of Chicago worked. Shortly afterwards, lost the family their house to the Bank.

Rubio was 15 years when fate struck. She was angry but still too young to what’s happened and put in a larger social context.

During her time at the University has been Rubio and then politically active and engaged in a left-wing student organizations. “We have the big banks from the terminal helped, but not to the people of this banks have been exploited,” she says.

At the end of your studies, Rubio himself $ 60,000 in debt from loans they received to their tuition Fund. She closes the politician Will Guzzardi from Illinois, whose main theme is social inequalities.

Today, Rubio 25, and forwards Guzzardis political campaigns. From its headquarters helps you, a supporter of Bernie Sanders. For the man who is the left wing of the Democratic party represents, and in the primaries in Iowa almost, Hillary Clinton could be struck.

The 74-year-old Sanders calls for a “political Revolution” against the “Milliardärsklasse”. “It’s about the Power of the corporations to exterminate, because the has a lot to do with what in our society nowadays happens,” says Rubio.

Late bloomer against his will,

For the campaign to Sanders support are six new Volunteers have come. They work in a kind of switchboard in Chicago’s Logan Square. Rubio has organized. You help either in the collection or you attempt by telephone to persuade people to, for Sanders instead of Clinton to vote.

Calls for “political Revolution”: Many volunteers Sanders-helpers belong to the “Generation Y”

You all are young adults under 30. Almost all of them had after their Collegezeit economic problems. Jorie Moore is 28 and a pre-school teacher. Between their student debt and the cost of rent remains nothing left for the Premium of $ 450. “My father pays you now and I hate that,” says Moore. “It is a good health insurance and still covers you not even mental illness.”

Jamie Corliss has a degree in cultural studies. The 23-Year-old is currently unemployed and has 22.000 dollars of student debt. “Because I have no Job, so I can do nothing to repay,” says Corliss. “Every day, accumulates more and more.” Her story is not uncommon.

The unemployment rate in the United States is below six per cent, however, after an investigation of the company, “MarketWatch” are 40 percent of the unemployed people from the Generation Y, so from the 80s and 90s vintages. More than 40 percent of the current Collegeabsolventen are underemployed, working in Jobs for which their expensive degrees don’t need.

Corliss: “Can studies, debts not pay back”

2014 had two-thirds of College graduates owe an average $ 30,000 the Institute For College Access and Success” is calculated. Kristen DeRosier had three years living with their parents, to its 40,000 dollars in debt to pay off. Now she works in the export business. “The young of today may be much later start. It is difficult, on one’s own legs to stand on,” she says.

Jacob McDermott can confirm that. As of today, 28-Year-old decided of civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study, seemed to have a Job after the conclusion practically sure. Then came the financial crisis and the labour market reached its bottom. McDermott worked in restaurant kitchens and as a Shuttle bus driver in a Hotel. Three years it took, before he work as a civil engineer found: “I had the feeling that my career is put on hold was – as a direct result of the housing crisis.” Everywhere people were dismissed, the labour market was complicated.

Paper-thin instead of a landslide: Clinton’s victory in Iowa

Sanders’ message has at McDermott, also of student debt has hit a nerve. The promise of free public universities and the exchange of private insurance companies against a state System finds its echo in many of these young people who, even in difficult times have gone through.

McDermott is for Sanders’ campaign to Chicago until after Iowa traveled. Even if Clinton here in the first decision of the democratic primary, the victory was her lead on Sanders was with 49.8% to 49.6 percent thin.

Sanders and Hillary Clinton during a TV-duel: The presidential candidates split the democratic electorate

With its 74 years, would be Sanders the oldest President in the history of the United States. Despite this, the Senator from Vermont in the election in Iowa, 84 percent of democratic voters under 30 years of age for gain. “There is no doubt about it. If Sanders is not so many supporters under 30 in Iowa would have had would be this race for him is over,” says Zachary Cook, at the Chicago DePaul University the behavior of the “Millennium voters” are examined.

Young versus old = Sanders versus Clinton

Among the older voters in Iowa was Clinton popular, though also with smaller intervals. 69 per cent of Over-65-Year-old supported here the former US Secretary of state. Among voters between 45 and 64 years, there are 58 percent. “Sanders has in the upcoming polls in other States the voters over 30 years ago to win,” says Cook. “At least if he is, Hillary wants to beat.”

According to a study by the University of New Hampshire, where the next primaries take place, there are in the state of 129.000 persons eligible to vote in the primaries of 2008 are still too young for a vote. “The age-division within the Democrats takes place,” says Cook. “The question is, whether you after the primaries – whoever wins – again all come together.”

Melissa Rubio and would be willing to do so. But this is Clinton a part of the Establishment, the system of the large corporations. According to the “Washington Post” has the financial sector, 21.4 million dollars for Clinton’s campaign donated. Sanders has just $ 75,000 of it. Rubio says, it would be Clinton any Republicans prefer, but you would not be enthusiastic, if you are the presidential candidate of the Democrats would. “I would for you doesn’t exactly work your ass off as for Sanders,” she says.