2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I've decided I'm done disparaging Bernie's campaign [View all]WhiteHat
(129 posts)Here's the deal:
Michigan had an extraordinarily huge turnout.
In states that haven't gone to extraordinary efforts to suppress the vote, Bernie wins. Michigan didn't have time to get around to suppressing voters yet. It was on the agenda, but the GOP was surprised with other issues to deal with first.
In states that haven't suppressed the youth vote, Bernie wins. It remains to be seen if Pennsylvania manages to deprive college voters of their legal rights, but if the GOP leadership fails to do so PA is a huge win for Bernie.
In states with "automatic voter registration" (i.e., California and Oregon), Bernie wins in a devastating landslide.
In states that don't suffer too much from GOP gerrymandering, Bernie edges out Clinton. Ahem. You can't include Louisiana or Mississipi. Both states have been "carefully managing" the vote for decades.
In states that at least don't artificially suppress the youth vote, Bernie wins. It's why Bernie's campaign is suing Ohio for its exclusion of 18-to-be voters. That's 85% of tens of thousands of voters. 85 friggin percent of that demographic!
When the convention cycle hits the the west coast, Hillary is done for. You wanna bet on Hillary? I kinda want to. She's kinda/sorta the sort-of leftist I kinda-wanta support. If only she did'nt represent everything disgusting about American politics today. But hey. If it has to be Hillary v Trump, it's a no-brainer.