Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumMonmouth Poll: HRC has a 48-point lead in Alabama, but...
in their Oklahoma poll is running five-points behind--Oh well, you can't win 'em all. Still, HRC will get almost as many delegates out of a narrow loss in Oklahoma and will get a huge number of delegates out of a landslide win in Alabama
-- Democratic primary --
In the Democratic contest, Hillary Clinton currently holds a commanding 71% to 23% lead over
Bernie Sanders in Alabama. In Oklahoma, though, Sanders has a small 48% to 43% edge over Clinton.
This is much different from the outcomes in these two states eight years ago. In 2008, Clinton lost
Alabama to Barack Obama by 14 points, but she won Oklahoma by a healthy 24 points.
A key difference between these two states is the proportion of minority voters in each. In
Oklahoma, 75% of likely Democratic voters in the Monmouth poll are non-Hispanic whites. In Alabama,
that number is only 42%, while a majority (53%) are black.
Sanders leads Clinton among white voters in Oklahoma by 48% to 41%, but trails in Alabama
with just 37% to 59% for Clinton. Clintons substantial lead among white voters in Alabama is
augmented by her 80% to 12% showing among black voters there.
The best chance for Sanders seems to be in places with largely white Democratic electorates.
Unfortunately for him, the most delegate-rich Super Tuesday states have significant numbers of minority
voters, said Murray.
Half of likely Democratic primary voters say that they are completely decided on their candidate
choice 51% in Alabama and 52% in Oklahoma. Clinton voters are more likely than Sanders supporters
in both states to report their vote is locked in.
https://politicalwire.com/
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)"Alabama doesn't count because they are a red state!"
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)Alabama doesn't matter because it was part of the Confederacy.
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)You see, they just aren't.
Carry on.
KitSileya
(4,035 posts)What they will be really saying is that Oklahoma counts because his supporters there are white, and Alabama won't count because a large part of her supporters there are black. See also NH and SC.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Anything else will be a draw (a.k.a. "virtual tie" .
Delegates counted by even the Bernie supporters will end up a runaway!
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)White: 72.2%
Black or African American: 7.4%
Native American: 8.6%
Asian: 1.7% (0.4% Vietnamese, 0.3% Indian, 0.2% Chinese, 0.2% Korean, 0.2% Filipino, 0.1% Hmong, 0.1% Japanese)
Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Two or more races: 4.7%
as of January 15, 2014, there are 854,329 registered Republican voters in Oklahoma, compared to 885,609 Democratic voters and 238,874 voters registered as independent or with other parties
1964 was the last time the state actually supported a Democrat in the General Election.
Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary, 2008 Hillary Clinton 228,480 54.76%
Disclaimer: I was born there.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)the polls are too close to say he will certainly carry it.