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2016 Postmortem

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9. To further add to my last post

Reply to BernieforPres2016 (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 09:24 PM

Mar 2016

Hillary isn't bringing in new voters either. Neither campaign is expanding the electorate or bringing in new people the way Obama did in 2008. This is a big potential problem for all of us.

Hillary's only advantage is that she is far less impacted by a lower voter turnout than Sanders is. And that is a big reason why she is winning.

The simple Math is neither campaign is inspiring the country. So far our primary season has been nothing but a get out the base contest. Not good.

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Democratic versus Republican turnout in Super Tuesday states vs 2008 [View all] BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 OP

Terrible news and does not point to either of our candidates as which can resolve this randys1 Mar 2016 #1

It's definitely troubling cemaphonic Mar 2016 #2

It's a sad thing that participation is so down. What can you do? YOHABLO Mar 2016 #3

Bernie is not bringing in new voters. aaaaaa5a Mar 2016 #4

Yeah, it's all Bernie's fault BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #5

I didn't say it was ALL Bernie's fault. aaaaaa5a Mar 2016 #8

How many votes did HRC specifically get this time & how many in 2008? nt TheDormouse Mar 2016 #6

I don't know and am not going to dig up the info and do the math BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #7

To further add to my last post aaaaaa5a Mar 2016 #9