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What Went Down In The Fourth Democratic Debate
Sanders spoke to several issues important to young people — climate change, student debt — befitting his young support base. Yang’s support base is also disproportionately young, while Biden and Buttigieg have more support among older voters. (And Warren’s is relatively steady across age groups!)
Sanders’s supporters are young, Biden’s are older
Share of respondents in an Ipsos/FiveThirtyEight poll who said they were considering supporting each candidate, by age group
| Age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidate | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ |
| Sanders | 55.8% | 40.7% | 29.9% | 23.1% |
| Warren | 47.7 | 47.5 | 48.1 | 56.1 |
| Biden | 41.1 | 51.8 | 64.3 | 68.5 |
| Harris | 22.3 | 24.8 | 26.2 | 22.5 |
| Yang | 16.3 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 5.4 |
| Buttigieg | 15.7 | 16.7 | 20.3 | 31.2 |
| O’Rourke | 13.4 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
| Booker | 8.7 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 13.6 |
| Castro | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| Gabbard | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Klobuchar | 3.3 | 4.3 | 7.9 | 12.8 |
| Steyer | 1.8 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
So, “accountable capitalism” is clearly Warren’s answer to Sanders’s critique that she’s a capitalist. And it’s probably a smart answer because saying you’re not a capitalist would not be a popular general election position.
My job hasn’t been lost to automation.