A New York Democratic voter who was a Hillary Clinton supporter changed her mind last second at the polling station and cast her vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) instead because she does not think Clinton can provide the change she wants for the country.
Local CBS affiliate WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. traveled to New York to cover the state’s Tuesday night presidential primary, and one of the station’s reporters interviewed a voter there, Terry Nooran, who was going to vote for Clinton until she got to the voting booth.
"I like Hillary a lot, but I think I want more change than what she could provide," Nooran told WUSA9.
Her comment reflects the attitude of many Democratic primary voters around the country who have flocked to support Sanders because they do not believe Clinton will go far enough with her policy proposals to cause fundamental change in the United States.
Sanders, a self-declared socialist, has decried what he calls a rigged economic system that favors the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle and working classes. He has proposed breaking up the country’s largest banks and targeting Wall Street to address this income inequality, which has become the cornerstone of his campaign. The Vermont Senator has also promised to fight for a Medicare-for-all universal health care system and plans to tax wealthier Americans to pay for it.
Clinton has also promised to address income inequality by increasing regulation on Wall Street and wants to ultimately reach universal health care. Her campaign has argued, however, that Sanders’ ideas are impractical and can never pass a Republican-controlled Congress, so more incremental, practical steps need to be taken to pass legislation.
A majority of Democrats, according to a recent poll, believe socialism is great for the United States, and many of them have been attracted to Sanders’ vision for America, causing Clinton to struggle to secure her party‘s nomination despite being the frontrunner.
Clinton is expected to win New York by a comfortable margin and maintains a large delegate lead over Sanders.