Sanders says he has lost primaries to Clinton because ‘poor people don’t vote’
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Source: washington post
Sanders says he has lost primaries to Clinton because ‘poor people don’t vote’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/23/sanders-says-he-has-lost-primaries-to-clinton-because-poor-people-dont-vote/
By John Wagner and Anne Gearan April 23 at 5:41 PM
WILMINGTON, Del. — White House hopeful Bernie Sanders said Saturday that many of his losses to Hillary Clinton in Democratic primaries were because “poor people don’t vote.”
The senator from Vermont,.....................was asked during a taping of NBC’s “Meet the Press” why Clinton had prevailed in 16 of 17 states so far with the highest levels of income inequalilty.
“Well, because poor people don't vote,” Sanders told host Chuck Todd...............
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..............It's not clear that larger turnout among poor voters would have actually helped Sanders against Clinton, however.
Sanders has lost Democratic voters with household incomes below $50,000 by 55 percent to 44 percent to Clinton across primaries where network exit polls have been conducted. (He has lost by a wider 21 percentage-point margin among voters with incomes above $100,000, and by 9 points among middle income voters.).........................
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/23/sanders-says-he-has-lost-primaries-to-clinton-because-poor-people-dont-vote/
Bernie sure makes up a lot of stuff.
This photo explains Why Sanders is losing!!
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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It's a direct quote. It's been reported by various media sources.
rich in friends and family
Thanks for the stats, seems like this should be a hint to the campaign... but being ignored. Too bad, you can only delay the inevitable for so long before it walks up and nails you.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said that many of his state primary losses were because "poor people don't vote," according to a transcript of his interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd.
In the segment, set to air on Sunday, Todd asked Sanders why nearly all of the primaries in states with the highest levels of income inequality have been won by his rival, Hilary Clinton.
"Well, because poor people don't vote. I mean, that's just a fact," Sanders said. "That's a sad reality of American society. And that's what we have to transform."
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/23/bernie-sanders-blames-primary-losses-on-sad-reality-that-poor/21349877/
Just as bad as dismissing Southern states. BTW, Senator, more lower income people have voted for your opponent.
“Well, because poor people don't vote,” Sanders told host Chuck Todd. “I mean, that's just a fact. That's a sad reality of American society.”
Sanders said that while his campaign has done a good job of attracting young voters, he’s had less success driving up turnout of lower-income people. In the 2014 election, he said, “80 percent of poor people did not vote.”
“If we can significantly increase voter turnout so that low-income people and working people and young people participated in the political process, if we got a voter turnout of 75 percent, this country would be radically transformed,” Sanders said during the taping of the segment, which is scheduled to air Sunday morning.
Good thing that it's only republicans purging our roles right before an election. It's great to know that our party leaders are making sure that every Democratic voter that wants to vote can.
It would be great if Clinton fans actually wanted those voters participating in the general election rather than trying to score cheap points. It would also be great if our party leadership could be bothered to protect our voting rights. Just how many times do we need to see election fraud like the voter role purge in Florida. If I remember correctly despite being begged by 23 Congressional Representatives, our Democratic Senators refused to hear the evidence.
