Bernie is simply talk about issues that mainly concern the younger voters, and he seems exciting and fresh. That is probably something that younger voters care more about, than some older voters whom probably value more someone with more experience and connections. I doubt during the primary that Hillary will gain more support from younger voters, and she doesn't really need to. During general she should gain more because simply the nature of the presidential primary; still most people don't vote during the primaries or follow it heavily that goes the same with plenty of younger voters. I think Bernie's support from young voters is impressive, but seems overblown to an extent. It really shouldn't be a surprise that he is getting massive support from that demographic, simply like I stated younger voters probably value different things in a candidate then other demographics and considering that how liberal young voters are it makes sense.
Although, it still seems like turnout is still way down from 2008 and the I don't know if voter participation in terms of percentage is close to that of 2008 or 2004, but if it is not I say that his support is mostly exaggerated by the media, social media, the internet in general, and how vocal some of his supporters are. If I had to guess his support largely comes from 30-45 year old white Americans, but this people don't send a lot of their time of internet, in places like Facebook and Reddit. Hillary won't have a huge issue with uniting the party because I believe that there wasn't a fracture to begin with and a chunk of Bernie supporters are independent young voters that typically don't vote, and probably wouldn't have even if he wasn't in the picture.
