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None of this is to say Clinton has a problem with female Democratic voters.
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And almost all say the fact that Clinton is a woman simply doesn’t matter to them as much as they thought it would. Most take pains to say they are not rejecting Clinton, but are just excited by Sanders and his more liberal policy agenda. Some reject the premise that Clinton is the only woman likely to reach the presidency in their lifetime, citing other possibilities like Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Senator who decided not to run this year. Interviews with dozens of these women in recent weeks, mostly in New Hampshire but also in states from Pennsylvania to California, reveal a wide range of reasons for supporting Sanders over Clinton. “He is the most sincere candidate.”Īs Clinton has rebounded from a sluggish summer thanks partly to a widely praised showing in the first Democratic debate, Darrow represents a tiny but intriguing slice of the electorate: post-middle-age, Democratic women who are supporting Sanders despite the possibility that Clinton may represent the best chance in their lifetimes to see a woman in the White House. “He spoke exactly to my concerns, as if he were living in my house, or my neighbor’s house, or my sister’s house,” Darrow says as she spreads out snacks in the sunny kitchen of her Nashua home, which she shares with her daughter, son-in-law, grandson and a poodle mix named Sugar. So she’s going with Bernie Sanders, the insurgent, self-identified socialist Senator from Vermont whose surprisingly strong challenge from Clinton’s left flank has bedeviled the front-runner for much of this year. But breaking “that highest, hardest glass ceiling” - as Clinton once described it - suddenly doesn’t seem as urgent as fighting for struggling families like hers.
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She doesn’t blame Obama or Clinton for her woes.