It's my belief that if Democrats put up someone like Warren against Trump in 2020, the youth vote could see a substantial shift to Democrats. Hillary was an awful pick for winning over young voters, yet she still did pretty well, all things considered.
What if they don’t put up someone like Warren though? I’m curious as to what your reaction is to my thoughts here on Clinton and the resistance to her from Sanders-istas:
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=260124.msg5563922#msg5563922
Were Clinton’s problems among the young really that specific to her, or is this something that’s just going to be a feature of politics now, that there’s a non-negligible number of (mostly young) progressives who are sufficiently turned off by any “establishment” candidate that they go 3rd party or don’t vote—something that wasn’t happening ten years ago? Would/will Booker or Gillibrand or someone similar face similar problems in 2020 because they’re considered “establishment”?
It's possible they would, but I think it's also possible a number of them voted third party because the likelihood of Trump being elected seemed distant, and they didn't know what the consequences would entail. Now that Trump is actually president, I think they may be less inclined to register a protest vote.
Also, I'm not sure millennials are necessarily ideologically rigid leftists. They did support Bernie, but before that, Obama wasn't really all that liberal. I think that, more than anything else, they want someone who comes across as authentic and honest.
