US. On Social Security benefits, Biden just came around to the increases Sanders has backed for decades
By Mark Weisbrot
The biggest demographic divide in the current Democratic primary battle for president is not by gender or race, but by age.
This is especially true if we accept the view of some analysts that the race is looking like a two-person contest between front-runner Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
In a recent national poll from Survey USA, Sanders showed a commanding lead among younger voters (age 18-34), with 47% to Biden’s 13%. But among senior citizens (65+), Biden led by a margin of 25% to 11%.
Breaking news on the election: Super Tuesday is almost here America’s older citizens — and we can add in most people who are old enough to imagine the possibility of their retirement — have one of the biggest stakes of any Americans in this primary.
Social Security, for example, is America’s largest anti-poverty program, keeping more than 27 million people above the poverty line. Look at the record So it is worth looking at how these two candidates have stood and acted on these issues.
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