Sanders’ Michigan Upset Offers Warning Signs to Clinton

[Red Oak]

“I am grateful to the people of Michigan for defying the pundits and pollsters and giving us their support. This is a critically important night. We came from 30 points down in Michigan and we’re seeing the same kind of come-from-behind momentum all across America,” Sanders said in a statement Tuesday night. “Not only is Michigan the gateway to the rest of the industrial Midwest, the results there show that we are a national campaign.” - Bernie Sanders

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"In Michigan, Sanders benefited from an open primary in which seven in 10 independents voted for him, according to exit polls. They made up 28 percent of voters. Clinton had a 57 percent to 41 percent edge over Sanders among the Democrats who made up 69 percent of those who voted.

Those numbers may not bode well for Clinton next Tuesday, when Ohio and Missouri hold open primaries, and Illinois and North Carolina allow voters to request Democratic ballots on primary day. Only Florida, with 246 delegates to the Democratic convention—the most to be awarded from a single state since the start of primary season—has a closed primary, and Clinton appears poised to win there."

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-09/sanders-stuns-clinton-with-michigan-upset

[newfie11]

1. Go Bernie!!!!!!! Nt

[vintx]

2. 7 out of 10 independents

That's yuuuuuge.

[Octafish]

5. That'd be the General Election hyuuuuge.

Where 40-percent of US voters now identify.

[vintx]

12. Indeed. I hope the 'inevitability' crowd takes note. nt

[hobbit709]

3. And most of those Independents will not vote for Clinton in the GE.

[BernieforPres2016]

4. I am an independent who will be requesting a Democratic ballot and voting for Bernie

in North Carolina next Tuesday.

[marions ghost]

7. I hope there are many more like you!

[TheBlackAdder]

6. I like how "seven in 10" is used, masking the impact, instead of the more powerful "7 in 10"

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Traditionally, you are supposed to write the numeric word for numbers ranging from one to a hundred.

If the writer is putting down 10 instead of ten, why was seven spelled out?


Writing seven in 10 has less power and impact than 7 in 10, which is easier to process.


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There is one other time she uses a number lower than 10...


She writes "With the Michigan loss—by less than 2 points with 99 percent of precincts reporting" to show the insignificance of Sander's win, instead of writing "two points with 99 percent of precincts reporting."

She is correct in some respects, "the symbolism is there," just not with the campaign, but with the reporting.


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[Red Oak]

8. Thank you for pointing this out.

Only in reading your post did I realize what was happening in how the articles are purposely written to sell a story line.

Now educated, such tactics will stand out like highlights within a text.

[nashville_brook]

9. AP style is writing out the numeral under 10.

[Adrahil]

10. Congrats to Bernie!

March 15th is now more important than ever.

[ReallyIAmAnOptimist]

11. March 15th Primarries: 2-OPEN, 2-CLOSED, 1 semi-open

FL 15-Mar [214] Primary-Closed
IL 15-Mar [156] Primary-Open
MO 15-Mar [71] Primary-Open
NC 15-Mar [107] Primary-Closed
OH 15-Mar [143] Primary-Semi-open

[pat_k]

13. Can anyone find breakdown of total independent vote? (Clinton, Sanders, Trump...)

I can't seem to find this, but I'm very curious about what the breakdown is when you look at all independents, not just independents who voted Democratic (which apparently broke about 70% to Sanders).

Seems a relatively straightforward, and important, statistic. Don't know why I can't seem to find anyone discussing.