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HRC: +39 GA, +34 TX, +34 MI, +30 MD, +27 VA +23 NJ +22 PA +8 RI (Original Post) book_worm Feb 2016 OP
Truly unfortunate, if true Trajan Feb 2016 #1
Bernie is a good guy but I think that HRC is by far the more qualified to be book_worm Feb 2016 #3
She's well qualified to continue the 1%'s wage theft from workers Trajan Feb 2016 #8
What a joke. Fearless Feb 2016 #11
She's more qualified... freddyt Feb 2016 #25
Maybe "the people" get to decide for themselves. brooklynite Feb 2016 #26
That is the beauty of the process. NCTraveler Feb 2016 #32
None of those numbers will be HALF that by the time voting takes place. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2016 #2
You mean on Saturday and next Tuesday? book_worm Feb 2016 #5
if those plus numbers are only half, they are still plus. eom yawnmaster Feb 2016 #13
Half of those numbers would still be considered a landslide. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2016 #33
That's a lot of freakin' delegates...nt SidDithers Feb 2016 #4
HRC: +1 Trump, -1 Cruz, -7 Rubio, -8 Kaisich... Fawke Em Feb 2016 #6
Those numbers mean nothing right now book_worm Feb 2016 #7
Fresh surge of support? Fawke Em Feb 2016 #16
No, he only needs to win swing states. And those poll matchups have been consistent and JudyM Feb 2016 #18
+1! JudyM Feb 2016 #9
Lovely of you to put all of the most outlying polls in the same thread! Fearless Feb 2016 #10
Hey you guys have done the same thing... book_worm Feb 2016 #12
I've done nothing Fearless Feb 2016 #14
I'm sure she is aware she will lose Vermont and not get any delegates there book_worm Feb 2016 #19
We shall certainly see. Fearless Feb 2016 #20
Actually, my Clinton HQ sources say they're working to get her over the theshold level... brooklynite Feb 2016 #28
Hard to argue with math! DCBob Feb 2016 #15
Great news. Yep, today has been awesome for Clinton. K & R nt Persondem Feb 2016 #17
Agreed. Fearless Feb 2016 #21
Glad you find it so amusing. Other than WI, Bernie is getting berned. Persondem Feb 2016 #24
Makes good reading for Hillary... but don't trust polls. mwooldri Feb 2016 #22
A very positive title! :-) Alfresco Feb 2016 #23
You missed +4 MA brooklynite Feb 2016 #27
Kick :-)) Alfresco Feb 2016 #29
With this new announcement from Trump today the margins will grow for HRC. Everyone should Jitter65 Feb 2016 #30
Christie more than likely has his eye on an Attorney General post oasis Feb 2016 #31

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
3. Bernie is a good guy but I think that HRC is by far the more qualified to be
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:01 PM
Feb 2016

president. So I'm delighted with these results.

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
8. She's well qualified to continue the 1%'s wage theft from workers
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:12 PM
Feb 2016

And the shrinking economic security experienced by America's working families ... She was there for most of that ...

I don't see any reason to believe she will do anything different from what has been screwing us all along ...

Same ole same ole isn't good enough ...

 

freddyt

(27 posts)
25. She's more qualified...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:13 PM
Feb 2016

...in her own deluded, name-dropping, coattail-riding, sniper-fired-upon mind.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
5. You mean on Saturday and next Tuesday?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:02 PM
Feb 2016

for SC, TX, GA & VA? I think there could be variations but I expect in each of those states Hillary will easily win and pick up many more delegates. The media made a great deal out of Bernie winning by 22 points in his back yard. Hillary will probably win SC, TX, GA, & VA by on Saturday and Tuesday by at least that much.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
7. Those numbers mean nothing right now
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:09 PM
Feb 2016

Once she is nominated she will get a fresh surge of support. Also keep in mind that Bernie has not yet undergone anywhere near the scrutiny by the media or the Republicans that Hillary has--that is why he is doing somewhat better right now.

But the only way he can get the nomination is to prove he can win outside of strongly white states. He has not proved he can win minority votes. He has not proved (except in his back yard) that he can win straight Democratic votes. I'll back him if he's the nominee but he needs to start showing he can get more of the democratic coalition than he currently has been or what the polls indicate he is.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
16. Fresh surge of support?
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:22 PM
Feb 2016


From who, exactly?

Independents do NOT trust her and Millennials can't stand her!

She'll probably go down in the polls against her Republican contender.

And WTF does her winning in states that will never go blue mean? If it's such a big deal that Sanders wins one of those, why? I get they need to win for the delegate race, but I don't understand the establishment meme that a Democrat has to win in a conservative state to be viable. These are winner-take-all states. It's not like Sanders or Clinton will get any Electoral College votes out of South Carolina, Alabama or Georgia.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)
18. No, he only needs to win swing states. And those poll matchups have been consistent and
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:26 PM
Feb 2016

Hillary is losing ground over time, not gaining.

I am canvassing and phonebanking and I cannot tell you the number of people who hate Hillary. People who have voted Dem all their lives who are going to vote for the GOP candidate because they refuse to vote for her. Imagine, her favorability ratings are the lowest of any candidate and her unfavorability ratings are the highest, even worse than trump. You can't wish that reality away.
Hillary has undergone more scrutiny because she's awash in scandals that she brought on herself!
If you think she doesn't have million$ going into finding something to hit Bernie with, you are not ... thinking.

The fairy tales told about her on this site are the unicorns here.

Her "experience" since you raised it, has gotten us into unnecessary hostilities that unravel international balance and, oh yes, in doing massive bomber deals in exchange for Clinton foundation donations. And her experience wasn't enough to let her see that she was breaking the law by using a personal server for top secret emails ... Or did she just not care because she's above the rules. Oh and yes, she's also the most experienced at lying and general crony corruption. #whichhillary

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
12. Hey you guys have done the same thing...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:17 PM
Feb 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1329699

as far as outlying there have been something like four Texas & SC polls all out in the last few days all showing huge leads for HRC. I didn't even use the best Texas poll in my headline.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)
14. I've done nothing
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:19 PM
Feb 2016

And several of those polls are easy on her. She will lose VT entirely for instance, not getting the 15% threshold to grab delegates.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
19. I'm sure she is aware she will lose Vermont and not get any delegates there
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:28 PM
Feb 2016

I don't think anybody believes that she was going to do well there. Howard Dean after it was clear he wasn't going to be the nominee in 2004 won the VT primary. Bernie is a good Senator and deserves to win his home state. I fully expect that Bernie will get all of its 26 delegates. Meanwhile Hillary will get the lions share of delegates in SC (59), Alabama (60), Arkansas (37), Georgia (117), Tennessee (76), Texas (251) and Virginia (109).

brooklynite

(94,624 posts)
28. Actually, my Clinton HQ sources say they're working to get her over the theshold level...
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 11:16 PM
Feb 2016

...Perhaps Sanders people are trying the same thing in SC.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
22. Makes good reading for Hillary... but don't trust polls.
Thu Feb 25, 2016, 10:30 PM
Feb 2016

They're nice and all but polls have been and can be wrong. They got Iowa wrong. They got New Hampshire wrong. They got the UK elections in 2015 and 1992 wrong and that headline "Dewey beats Truman"? Wrong polling again.

Then again a number of those states will go Hillary.

 

Jitter65

(3,089 posts)
30. With this new announcement from Trump today the margins will grow for HRC. Everyone should
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 03:34 PM
Feb 2016

be scared of the Trump/Christie ticket.

oasis

(49,393 posts)
31. Christie more than likely has his eye on an Attorney General post
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 03:44 PM
Feb 2016

since he was a former prosecutor. However, Christie being a surrogate for Trump during the GE campaign will actually boost Hillary's numbers with women.

Women hate nastiness, and they hate nastiness toward women even more.

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