Can Bernie Sanders still follow Barack Obama's path to victory
Some have compared Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination to that of Senator Barack Obama in 2008. Even with Sanders’ close loss in Nevada, they point to the similarities to Obama’s campaign against Hillary Clinton at this point of the race. In 2008 Obama had been victorious in Iowa and New Hampshire and had loss in Nevada, all by close votes. Pro Sanders observers point to a near dead heat in Iowa and Bernie’s landslide victory in New Hampshire. They urge their compatriots that all is not loss, that Bernie can still follow Obama’s path to victory. Let’s examine what Bernie has to going forward in the immediate future to follow Obama’s path.
The South Carolina primary is next. In 2008, Barack Obama won South Carolina with approximately 55% of the vote, defeating both Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. He won 25 of the South Carolina’s pledged delegates to Clinton’s 12.
Then 4 days later Bernie will need to do well in the "SEC primaries: Here is a look at a few examples of what President Obama did in some biggest of these primaries in 2008:
Obama took 66.39% of the vote in Georgia capturing 60 of the state's 87 delegates.
The Texas primary and caucuses in 2008 were close; Obama secured 99 pledged delegates to Clinton's 94.
In Minnesota Obama took 66.39% of the vote to Clinton's 32.23% taking 48 pledged delegates to her 24.
Obama earned 54 delegates in Virginia compared to the 29 delegates won by Clinton by winning 66.33% of the popular vote to Clinton’s 35.46%
Michigan is not a good example because Obama withdrew from the primary along with other Democrat delegates because Michigan broke DNC rules in setting the date for the primary. Clinton did not withdraw and ended up getting 56% of the voters.
So the question becomes, can Bernie Sanders duplicate or at least come to duplicating Barack Obama in biggest of the upcoming primaries and then in the following primaries and caucuses? You might want to check the latest polls for the states above before coming to any conclusions.
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