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Tuesday 26 April 2016

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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.



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