Anthony Hamilton is an OZY essayist. This is part of an ongoing OZY video series of conversations in his Mountain View, California, barbershop.

Some Democrats are Democrats from birth. Maybe it’s the emails, maybe it’s the Bern, but whatever the cause, there are signs that Hillary Clinton’s dominant position atop the Democratic field isn’t translating to excitement among the rank-and-file Democrats. In an admittedly unscientific survey in his Bay Area barbershop, OZY essayist Anthony Hamilton finds that his customers are more resigned than enthused about 2016.