5 reasons Cory Booker could be Hillary Clinton's VP

The African-American vote is crucial: she needs blacks to turn out the way they did to elect Obama Progressives need to be energized: the percentage of liberals in Democratic primaries rose to 62 percent in 2016 Clinton needs to get young people out to vote: At 47, Booker is a lot closer in age to those voters than her Booker could add excitement He backed Clinton early and often: he was one of the few New Jersey Democratic politicians to back Obama over Clinton