Jeffrey Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is supporting Bernie Sanders for president. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view more opinion articles on CNN.
The main lesson of the Democratic primaries is the growing generational divide in US politics, one that reflects the deep and disruptive shifts taking place in the US economy. Former Vice President Joe Biden has captured the votes of older Democrats; Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders the votes of younger Democrats. Both Sanders and Biden outpace Trump in head-to-head polls, and in a recent poll, Biden leads Trump among voters of all ages, with the margin narrowing significantly among older voters.
Jeffrey Sachs According to the exit polls from Michigan yesterday, Sanders trounced Biden among voters 18-29 by the lopsided margin 76-19, while Biden trounced Sanders among voters over 65 by the margin 71-20. Sanders captured the 30-44 year-olds by a smaller margin, 52-42, while Biden won the 45-64 year-olds by 62-26. With the voters 45 and older accounting for 62 percent of the turnout, Biden took Michigan overall, by the margin 53-36.
JeffDSachs Opinion Also, the party politics are bad.
JeffDSachs Opinion This election championship inside the same party is very boring and wasting money and time, it can be done by direct voting inside the party with out all these shows ,
JeffDSachs Opinion Young people don’t have kids. Vastly different priorities.
JeffDSachs Opinion Bernie Sanders is a Russian plant to destroy America with Trump.
JeffDSachs Opinion Do election officials wipe down ballot machines after every voter is done, I mean that has got to be a COVID-19 petri dish right?
Opinion The bigger question of why people under 40 have to pin their hopes on a frail aged person with visible osteoporosis and rumours of tia's has yet to be addressed.
JeffDSachs Opinion Old white senile men. The face of the very “diverse” Democratic Party!
JeffDSachs Opinion Biden will you please hug Bernie and let,s all hand sanitize and be friend,s.
JeffDSachs Opinion Be careful, Bernie. Biden and the DNC will screw you if the opportunity presents itself. It's in the plan.
JeffDSachs Opinion Isnt joe Biden also creepy tho like dammmnn creepy
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Opinion Kind of funny Sanders is representing the young, just like he's representing the poor!
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Opinion Young people don’t vote like they should and minorities have lost their minds backing a creepy Biden. Young people outnumber the Boomer goofs that lost their fight and brain ages ago. The boomers vote for losers forever and will always lose.