Hillary Clinton

2016-02-10T4:57:09+00:00

CNN had a focus group of approximately 65 undecided Democratic voters who watched Bernie's victory speech where he claimed he would implement every progressive program known to man. When these 65 people were asked how many had decided who they would vote for tonight, five people raised their hands. When asked who had decided to vote for Sanders one young female student said she had been leaning to Bernie because of his emphasis on helping young people with college debt, but now she was worried about Bernie's ability to implement any of his ideas and was now "more undecided". Only one person, a middle age black gentleman in suit and tie, said he had decide to vote for Sander's because he had thought that Sanders had been ignoring the black voters, but Bernie mentioned in his speech with passion that he was not. I guess the other 3 people who decided tonight they would vote for Hillary. If you don't understand why, you don't understand the reluctance of Southerners to follow the lead of "Yankees" in anything. So much for the belief among the BernieBots that a big win in NH will send the people in SC flocking to Bernie. Remember these were 65 undecided voters and not those have already decided to vote for Clinton giving her a 30 point lead in the polls.

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Ignoring is what I hear too bravenak Feb 2016 #1

kick Dawson Leery Feb 2016 #2

Bernie's big problem is math Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 #3

If Sanders had a message that didn't dog Obama in the middle of it then I think he'd have the... uponit7771 Feb 2016 #4

Actually 55% of SC Democats are minories in SC, but who's counting CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #5

According to Google Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 #6

Can't argue with Google - I just was quoting a poor Politico reference CajunBlazer Feb 2016 #7

Yeah, I wouldn't think that BS winning in a non-diverse state like NH would be very Cha Feb 2016 #8

k&r DesertRat Feb 2016 #9

KnR Hekate Feb 2016 #10

bravenak

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1. Ignoring is what I hear too

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 01:00 AM

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They hear Sandra Blands name but that just seems pandery

Dawson Leery

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2. kick

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 01:08 AM

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Tommy2Tone

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3. Bernie's big problem is math

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 01:21 AM

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Iowa 88% of Dems are white

NH 94% of Dems are white

South Carolina 60% of Dems are black

uponit7771

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4. If Sanders had a message that didn't dog Obama in the middle of it then I think he'd have the...

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 01:27 AM

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... math.

Sanders numbers among PoC nationally are around the GOP numbers...

CajunBlazer

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5. Actually 55% of SC Democats are minories in SC, but who's counting

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 01:28 AM

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But it doesn't stop there. White Democrats in the South are much more moderate that their counterparts in Iowa and especially New Hampshire.

Tommy2Tone

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6. According to Google

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 01:34 AM

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Democrats are ... While 88 percent of likely Democratic voters in Iowa and 94 percent in New Hampshire are white, 60 percent are black in South Carolina, according to a recent poll. (In 2008, 55 percent of S.C. Democratic presidential primary voters were black.)Jan 29, 2016