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In reply to the discussion: I'm watching Bernie on This Week with George Stephanopolous. He made the following statement: [View all]imagine2015
(2,054 posts)62. It means Obama could not carry the south in the GE and Hillary won't if she captures the nomination.
You think she can do better than Obama among Black voters in the solid Republican south?
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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