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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm watching Bernie on This Week with George Stephanopolous. He made the following statement: [View all]artislife
(9,497 posts)26. The West is lost to her, if we are going to go even further.
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I'm watching Bernie on This Week with George Stephanopolous. He made the following statement: [View all]
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2016
OP
Southern voters tend to be more Conservative, that's why we get DINOs there all the time
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#42
No, not the voters but many of those running for office in red states, you hadn't noticed that?
Dragonfli
Apr 2016
#113
Sanders should take care not to verbalize a marginalization of Southern States
Sheepshank
Apr 2016
#44
Does Hillary marginalize Utah? She didn't campaign in Utah primary nor did Obama in 2008 GE
imagine2015
Apr 2016
#66
Yes, YOUR SIMPLE CONCISE Answer Is The Only Reasonable Response... The Rest Is NONSENSE!
CorporatistNation
Apr 2016
#34
Remind me: In which Presidential general election did Clyburn get the state's electoral votes?
merrily
Apr 2016
#94
Nevermind....I follow all the elections...not just the one every four years...N/t
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#97
Are you for real....There's a lot more than the presidential election at stake...
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#95
Please focus: The thread is about Presidential candidates in a Presidential primary.
merrily
Apr 2016
#102
ACTUALLY, he specified that Hillary's Presidential primary wins were in Southern States and the OP
merrily
Apr 2016
#111
What it means is that voting in the south is over.... Bernie is doing well in the rest of the states
virtualobserver
Apr 2016
#6
Is it possible that these are the states that are going R in the GE anyway?
Ferd Berfel
Apr 2016
#73
I think it means those votes from the south won't help as we lose those states in the GE anyway.
EndElectoral
Apr 2016
#12
And Hillary is bringing in the neocons. Robert Kagan already endorsed her. What next?
think
Apr 2016
#28
I think this is it exactly - link the South to Hillary - and the Union, er, I mean the North to him
DrDan
Apr 2016
#59
It means she pulled ahead early and that those votes came from the South.
GreenPartyVoter
Apr 2016
#15
Well he doesn't mean red states because he counts those votes. Must mean AA votes n/t
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#16
My point is this. It is unlikely that either of the Democratic candidates would be able to win the
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2016
#23
"sounds to me that Bernie thinks those voters are unimportant in selecting the Democratic nominee" -
thesquanderer
Apr 2016
#65
Good point...We've become used to candidates who never speak directly as humans
Armstead
Apr 2016
#51
Name recognition. She had it. In those states voting early. Momentum. Bernie has it now.
Hiraeth
Apr 2016
#61
It means Obama could not carry the south in the GE and Hillary won't if she captures the nomination.
imagine2015
Apr 2016
#62
Southern states are unlikely to go Democratic in the general. That's been posted here for weeks.
merrily
Apr 2016
#68
I haven't checked lately, but Bernie won by a large margin over Trump in Utah in one poll and
merrily
Apr 2016
#87
Pretty sure comparing primary vote totals between the 2 parties is meaningless
jcgoldie
Apr 2016
#90
Maybe, maybe not. But, before November, head to head polls are the only predictors we have.
merrily
Apr 2016
#91
? A primary poll comparing a Republican with a Democrat is often referred to as a head to head poll.
merrily
Apr 2016
#112
I suspect it has to do with the false meme that Hillary uses based on "total votes" where the word
Attorney in Texas
Apr 2016
#83
My vote comes from the south and my congressional district has been electing Rep. Jim Clyburn
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#92
Your vote matters as it should in the primaries, because it's a primary election between Dems.
All in it together
Apr 2016
#114
Right...Because Arkansas never elected Bill Clinton and Georgia never Elected Jimmy Carter...n/t
Henhouse
Apr 2016
#103
He also said "strawman purchases" while discussing guns which made me cringe.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2016
#116
YAWN. The South is more conservative, so more attracted to Hillary's more conservative
TheDormouse
Apr 2016
#119