When will Hillary Clinton give up her candidacy ?

Young voters have overwhelmingly backed Bernie Sanders throughout the Democratic primary, leading to endless speculation that Hillary Clinton will face a big "millennial problem" come November.

A new poll out today, however, suggests that Clinton would do more than just fine with young people in a general election. Clinton leads Donald Trump by a whopping 36 points among people ages 18 to 29, according to a Harvard Institute of Politics study released on Monday.

Clinton's huge advantage over Trump in the youth vote extends to both genders, among blacks, Latinos, and Caucasians, and among both Democrats and independents.

Perhaps most encouraging for the Democratic frontrunner: Clinton's support among youth voters doesn't appear dependent on getting matched up against Trump. In fact, Clinton only performs about 8 points better against Trump than she does against a "generic Republican" candidate, according to Harvard's poll.

Trump's brand is toxic to young people in a way we haven't seen in a long time. The Harvard poll of Trump versus Clinton would put Trump's support among young people lower than that of any other Republican presidential candidate since modern exit polls began in 1972, according to CNN.

Trump may still beat Clinton among young Republicans. But this poll suggests that Trump is so disliked by young Republicans that some of them may sit out the election altogether.

While Clinton leads Trump among young voters, they still overwhelmingly name Bernie Sanders as their favorite candidate.

Over the course of the primary, of course, that's hurt Clinton mightily. But as Max Ehrenfreund points out at the Washington Post, this poll suggests that Sanders has brought young people into the fold of the Democratic Party — a trend that could ultimately help Clinton in 2016.

This is very good news for the Democrats: Thanks to a well-known political science phenomenon known as "generational imprinting," voters tend to form relatively rigid partisan identities in their early 20s that they then carry through life.

Of course, new events can lead them to change their minds. But if political science is any indication, this new wave of young Democrats is likely to keep their allegiance to the party well into adulthood — possibly shifting the center of gravity in the American political system.

it's impossible to know how much Bernie's popularity and rhetoric accounts for this change, and how much of it would be happening even if he hadn't taken the national stage by storm. But the Harvard pollsters who conducted the study think that Sanders's campaign has both tapped into this shift and pushed it along itself, according to the Washington Post.

From the perspective of a Clinton White House, this creates the thrilling possibility of a durable Democratic majority. But the data also suggest that, if young voters continue to adopt positions more in line with Sanders's, the 2016 primary contest may just be a preview of battles within the Democratic Party for years to come.

There are three problems with that Blickers.

1) In 2008 Obama gave Hillary quite a bit for her support including a plumb speaking role in the convention, a prime cabinet position and strong establishment support this year. Hillary was well compensated for the "respect" she showed Obama.

2) This is not about Bernie Sanders, it is about Bernie's supporters. You may see nothing wrong with her answer, but try to look at it from the perspective of these young progressive voters. If you are having trouble doing this, then watch this clip again... the Young Turks represent these voters.

3) You have this whole democratic election thing all wrong. Hillary Clinton is a candidate running in a democratic election. It is her job to reach out to voters and she has the responsibility to earn their votes. She is not royalty where she can demand their "respect".

Hillary will deserve Bernie's loyalty and respect if she beats him.

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Hillary will deserve Bernie's loyalty and respect if she beats him.

This attitude is a problem. Bernie's supporters don't owe Hillary anything. Bernie has more of an obligation to his supporters than he does to Hillary Clinton or the democratic establishment that tilted the race against him the whole way.

And, if Hillary keeps acting like they owe her "loyalty and respect"... she might just lose a general election that she should win.

The Hillary campaign came into the primary a year ago with a sense of entitlement. This is part of the reason her net approval rating is so negative. She may win anyway given the competition..

But this attitude of what Hillary deserves is part of the reason that her campaign is so frustrating to me.

I presume he will do that, and I would be upset if he doesn't. I support Bernie but I'm not into adoration. I go back and forth about voting for her in the primary, but the tilt is toward no for a complexity of reasons, include my wee vote's backing, having watched her opinion tide turn-during his presence on the political airwaves in the US: one more vote is one more punched ticked for his mild leftiness.

I am somewhat timorous re both of them, but way less re either of them than I am about the GOP candidates..

I am somewhat timorous re both of them, but way less re either of them than I am about the GOP candidates..

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I am somewhat timorous re both of them, but way less re either of them than I am about the GOP candidates..

That candidate's name is Donald Trump.