2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWOW!!: New poll shows Hillary with a 50 point lead in South Carolina!
By Mark Hensch
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has a massive lead over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina, according to a new poll.
Clinton has 64 percent support in the Palmetto State, with Sanders at 14 percent, a Clemson University survey found Thursday. The state's Democratic primary is Saturday.
After a razor-thin victory by Clinton in Iowa, a blowout by Sanders in the New Hampshire primary and a small margin by Clinton in the Nevada caucuses, Clinton is perched on the cusp of her own significant primary victory in the Palmetto State, Bruce Ransom, a Clemson political science professor, said in a statement.
Clinton has maintained huge leads in the State for months. An October poll by Clemson found Clinton with 43 percent support and Sanders at 6 percent.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/270786-poll-clinton-poised-for-blowout-in-south-carolina
ladjf
(17,320 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)You don't know much about the south, do you?
ladjf
(17,320 posts)I feel that I am well posted on the Southern States.
What is it about the South that you understand that I don't?
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Median household income: $42,367 (latest census figure from 2014). Compare that to NH, which is ranked 6th wealthiest in median household income: $64,712.
The rankings are approximately the same for per capita income: SC is 43rd, NH is 5th.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income
I think it must rather be that wealthy NH is out of touch. South Carolina is a poor state. Let "The People" decide.
MADem
(135,425 posts)but he KEPT his NH lake house!
frazzled
(18,402 posts)It was never clear he was a MA resident.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Such a tool!
I love the fact that he ginned up Commonwealth Care as a triangulating device, and then had the rug pulled out from under him, while Romneycare, after all that, became one of the foundational bases for Obamacare!
A bit of Al G's schadenfreude going on with that--LOL!
ladjf
(17,320 posts)from deciding.
But, for a candidate of Sanders' quality to lose by 50 points, suggest to me that something is distorting the decision making processes of many people. No one stands to gain as much from the enactment of Bernie's platform than poor and middle income Americans.
Yet, very few South Carolinian's see it that way. They will have their way. The final result might be that we have a
wild man Carnival Barker billionaire as our President.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)BOOM!
LexVegas
(6,094 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)You damn skippy!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Coming on Super Tuesday!
MADem
(135,425 posts)He was, before he left for the Senate, a peer, a co-worker in the House.
And they couldn't see fit to endorse him, despite working alongside him all those years.
THAT's probably the worst bit.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... well, sooner than *I* expected, anyway.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)#berniemath
MADem
(135,425 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Or something.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)LonePirate
(13,431 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)Dropping like a rock.
LexVegas
(6,094 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)I guess people in SC (on top of all) didn't care that Sanders dropped them. Contrast this with Hillary, that fought for NH until the end.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)kingCowan
(25 posts)wow, with those numbers whoever is the Democratic candidate for President is sure to win South Carolina. Awesome!!!