Haunted by a lack of young voter support, Hillary advertises on the AOL login screen!

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The Clinton campaign has struggled to win support among young voters of every description, including traditional Democratic Party voters: women, African-Americans, people of Latinamerican or Hispanic origin, etc.

Meanwhile, her septuagenarian opponent Bernie Sanders has enjoyed remarkable support from voters young enough to be his grandchildren.

The AOL Email login-screen ad bought by her campaign is either an act of monumental cluelessness about how to reach those young voters, or (more likely), it's an indication that the campaign feels the need to double-down on the older voters who constitute the bulk of Hillary Clinton supporters.

Does no one at the Clinton campaign know that AOL's mail users are predominantly people who signed up back in the days of telephone modems and software on CDs? There are probably more people who voted for Clinton in New Hampshire than there are millennials using AOL for their email in the entire country.

http://boingboing.net/2016/02/11/haunted-by-a-lack-of-young-vot.html

On edit: I love the unintentional irony of the "Erase Hard Drive Junk Now" option....

[Paulie]

1. Spending money wisely

I guess

[Half-Century Man]

2. AOL?

I guess she's SOL.

[LiberalArkie]

3. Hillary comes across as the wealthy aunt who is too good to come to your house, and only

invites you to her place for Thanksgiving and tells the kids to sit down and be quiet and do not touch anything and not to make a mess in the bath room and don't drop any food on the table clothe and try to leave before 2PM after driving for 4 hours to get their at exactly 12 noon.

[Bohemianwriter]

14. She reminds me more...

of one of those principlas that every kid in school fears...

[Fawke Em]

4. Who uses AOL anymore?

They haven't been relevant since:

https://soundcloud.com/dysthymia/56k-dialup-modem-ringtone

[Boomer]

5. Did you see the SOURCE of this commentary?

You referenced Boing Boing for this post, but they consumed the article from The Weekly Standard. I may be a strong Bernie supporter, but I'll be damned if I pick up my talking points from right-wing conservative hit pieces.

[Wilms]

6. It's information, Boomer.

Don't let it scare you.

[Boomer]

7. Don't patronize me

This wasn't news or information of any substance. It was a piece ridiculing Hillary Clinton, without much substance to even justify it. The Weekly Standard sets this up by saying the intent of the AOL ad was to reach young voters, even though there's no evidence to indicate that was the goal. It was a cheap shot.

I'm not interesting in picking up Republican-based snark and repeating it just to undermine the opposing Dem candidate. I don't need their help in promoting Sanders over Clinton; his record does that just fine on its own.

[Bernin4U]

9. So I'm guessing you don't think we should

...chip in and get her one of these?

Protest our ridicule all you like, but do not try to deny that she makes clearly ridiculous choices. Thank the heavens I'm not a supporter of hers. I'd be furious to see how badly my contributions are being mishandled.

[Bernin4U]

8. the "Erase Hard Drive Junk Now" option....

So full of win! omfg.

[SoapBox]

10. "I'm with her"

As anyone that doesn't pay attention thinks..."Who's she?"

[Kalidurga]

11. AOL???

I don't think it's millennials that will see that there. Maybe that isn't her goal.

[morgiedev]

12. I'm a millennial.

None of us use AOL. Nice try, Hillary.

[shanti]

13. AOL??

you mean, they still exist? they haven't been relevant since the 1990's. good luck with that, hillary.