Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday.
Attention has turned to who would be on her ticket as VP. Photo: AP
Big shoes to fill; doubly so, because
Clinton will not be the popular nominee that Obama was in 2008. He was
cheered on as the first African-American presidential candidate; Clinton
will be cheered on as the first woman who might be president, but she has not
been able to generate excitement or to chip away at a general belief
among Americans that she can't be trusted.
Clinton's running mate will have to
bring much-needed pizzazz to the campaign and help in the onerous task of
winning the confidence of those who have voted for her challenger for the
nomination, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders. In particular he/she will have
to woo Clinton's weakest significant demographic – young voters.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 15
per cent of Sanders supporters said they would stay at home on Election Day if
Clinton was the nominee and 16 per cent said they'd vote Republican. Forty-nine
per cent said they would vote for Clinton.
AP
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