Democrat Hillary Clinton has recently been campaigning in order to help improve the Democrats' chances at the midterm elections. She is encouraging Democrats to vote this election, even though it seems as if the party is going to lose the majority in the Senate.
She has also spent time working with Democrats running for House and Senate seats, helping them in their own campaigns in the process.
According to Ange-Marie Hancock, who is a professor at University of Southern California, “it is important because Clinton is incredibly popular among target voters who are less likely to turn out during midterm elections — young people, African American and Latino voters.”
Her main focus has been working to keep the Senate majority with the Democrats, as they are at risk of losing the majority this election. Having an influential leader such as herself (who previously served as First Lady under Clinton, along with being a former Secretary of State and Senator) is extremely helpful to the falling Democratic party, especially when approval ratings for Obama (another Democrat) is going down, even within the party.
(source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-is-a-bright-spot-on-a-gloomy-democratic-election-landscape/2014/10/20/f86cb1b6-5862-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html)
How is Hilary Clinton helping the candidates? How does she decide which races to help? What is the connection between Hilary and getting the vote out on election day?
ReplyDeleteSince Obama is a democrat and Hilary is a democrat and people aren't agreeing with the way of Obama... isn't there concern that Hilary will follow his way which make people want to vote against the democratic party in general?
ReplyDeleteYes, a lot of the problems with the Democratic race stems from being associated with Obama, so Hillary could also make or break the election.
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