Hillary Clinton supporters rally in Eau Claire

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EAU CLAIRE - Supporters of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton gathered in advance of her first event in northwest Wisconsin.

People started lining up about 9:30 a.m. Saturday outside the Lismore Hotel in downtown Eau Claire.

Clinton's Democratic opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, was also in Eau Claire Saturday for a rally on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus.

Most people who spoke to USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin said they favored Clinton over Sanders because Sanders ideas are too pie-in-the-sky to be achieved.

"I just don't think he's realistic," said Christina Hupy, an Eau Claire resident, who went to the Clinton rally at the request of her 8-year-old daughter, Katya.

"She might be the first girl president," added Katya.

Sanders's rhetoric "is a little old at this point," said Reed White, a UW-Eau Claire political science major. "And she's the best choice against Trump. Once they're on a debate stage together, we'll see how weak his ideas are."

White went to the rally alongside friends Denise Bustamante and Anna Schwanebeck from the College Democrats club at UW-Eau Claire.

His support of Clinton is not because he doesn't like Sanders ideas, White said. Sanders is just too ambitious and not practical enough.

http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/04/02/hillary-clinton-supporters-rally-eau-claire/82551566/

[livetohike]

1. "Too ambitious and not practical enough" Right on!

Thanks for posting this .

[BlueMTexpat]

2. It is very interesting to see these

millennials (White and his friends) who are political science majors and solidly in Hillary's corner.

Perhaps that Loras Poll isn't completely off! I would love to be wrong about WI!

[FloridaBlues]

3. Who knows we my be on the verge of an up tic for her and they had early voting

[Koinos]

4. Sanders Ambitious and Not Practical

His support of Clinton is not because he doesn't like Sanders ideas, White said. Sanders is just too ambitious and not practical enough.

My Wisconsin relative also believes that Sanders' goals are impractical.

Wisconsin folks are pretty down-to-earth.

[DemonGoddess]

6. Very true

You'll find that across the Midwest/Great Lakes region

[SharonClark]

5. K&R

[Lucinda]

7. KNR Thank you!

[Iliyah]

8. K & R

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R