Bernie Sanders stumps for ex-rival, as she stumbles with younger voters
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is hitting the campaign trail this weekend in an attempt to keep his young, progressive supporters from inadvertently helping elect Donald Trump as president of the United States.
Polls show a tightening race, partly because of millennials’ lack of enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton. It may have been illustrated unintentionally on Friday by university students who greeted Michelle Obama at a campaign rally with chants of, “Four more years!”
That enthusiasm gap threatens Clinton’s chances in key swing states. Sanders is stumping in two of them: Pennsylvania and Ohio. He’s urging supporters to back his former primary rival instead of staying home or supporting a third-party candidate.
“I think that before you cast a protest vote — because either Clinton or Trump will become president — think hard about it,” Sanders told MSNBC’s, “Morning Joe,” show on Friday.