2016 Postmortem
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The idea that the votes from the Southern Region of the US do not count is a terribly racist and deplorable meme. As we all know, the contests in the Democratic primary season held in Southern States have some of the highest percentages of black voters in the nation. In some states, around fifty percent of all voters in the democratic party in those places are black men and women.
So, why is it that those states are suddenly not as important as the nearly all white Red states that Bernie won?
Now, some will blame it on location. They will say that the Deep South never goes Democratic in the General, therefore, those votes should count less. But that leaves out the fact that the Very Red states that Bernie won, also never go blue in the general. So what is the real difference? I hear tell it is the fact that the red state that he won have more progressive voters. But that is also a lie.
So the only real difference I can find is that the Red States he won are much whiter and voted for him. The states she won are much BLACKER and voted for her.
It is a racist meme. We are not 3/5ths of a human. Our votes count just as much no matter where we live or who we voted for.
We need to end this racist meme that says that the south counts less. I think it is only said to marginalize the effect of our collective votes.