'In 2018, a Harvard Institute of Politics poll found that 59% of young Americans are more fearful than hopeful about the future.' Perhaps this is why young Americans are rallying behind Warren.
That Warren told it like it is, the way she didn’t talk down to the crowd or placate them with promises, seemed to appeal to much of the overwhelmingly young audience. It was a risk to go there, to paint our world in such stark, apocalyptic terms. There is a belief among some political pundits that a negative tone in campaigning can alienate and polarize voters.
At the same time, Warren’s supporters don’t want to give up fighting either, and neither does Warren. Throughout her remarks, Warren wove in the story of Frances Perkins, “one very persistent woman” who led a march of half a million people for workers’ rights down Fifth Avenue after the fire, and whose work gave our society everything from fire safety laws to “the very existence of the weekend,” as Warren said.
Leffingwell said she loved that Warren talked about Perkins, one of her personal heroes — who attended Mount Holyoke College, just like she had. “She’s an icon and should be more of an icon than she is. So when [Warren] brought it back to Frances Perkins, I was so moved,” Leffingwell said. And, just like Warren, Perkins didn’t spend her entire life in politics. “That’s something a lot of us want right now.”Tell me it’s terrifying and then tell me you know what you’re going to do to fix it. Otherwise, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, you’re just lying to me.
For a lot of the attendees, including Leffingwell, seeing Warren in person helped solidify their support of her. Rather than having tons of diehards from the beginning of the race, she seems to have won over supporters of other candidates, as evidenced by her
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