2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHRC projected winner in NC--African-American voters come thru again.
North Carolina
Race. Clinton won eight in 10 blacks in North Carolina; they accounted for three in 10 Democratic primary voters.
Gender. She led among women, with six in 10 of their votes; theyre the majority of todays voters in North Carolina. Clinton was boosted in particular by black women, among whom she won nearly eight in 10, while she spilt the voter with Sanders white women.
Non-outsider. More than eight in 10 North Carolina Democratic primary voters said they wanted someone with political experience as opposed to an outsider, and Clinton won six in 10 of them.
Obama. As elsewhere, Clinton won the more than half of voters who wanted to continue Barack Obamas polices, taking three-quarters of this group.
Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)Bernie's got more years in politics than Hillary. Oh well. Here's hoping my family and friends votes deny her as many delegates as possible.
LuvLoogie
(7,062 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)And experience has no contest against wisdom.
Iraq War.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)you have to take it into consideration.
The will of the people is not being done in North Carolina.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)bigtree
(86,013 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2016, 11:11 AM - Edit history (1)
...this time calling their overwhelming votes in NC corrupt.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)marions ghost said nothing about black people! XD
Your OP isn't even exclusively about black people and you're trying to twist a Bernie supporter as a racist!? lmao look at you go!
bigtree
(86,013 posts)...I can't believe Democrats on a Democratic board talk the way you are.
The black vote dominated to give Clinton the edge. Your dismissal of my point is one thing, your bashing me for making it is what's characterized the Sanders support here's response to the black vote and anyone who dares highlight it.
I don't have the tolerance for people who can't acknowledge the contribution of black voters in this race, and insist on this absurd defense of claiming that pointing it out is calling someone racist.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)they never mentioned it. neither am I!
block awayyyyyyyy
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)I have worked in elections in NC -- dirty tricks everywhere.
Not going to say it shouldn't go to Hillary this time--and obviously the black vote went for her--but you have to factor election manipulation in, in any calculation for North Carolina. Votes are always suppressed, shenanigans always happen. Now that the Kochs own the state, worse than ever. Try living in a place where election theft is a time-honored tradition.
Just sayin.
bigtree
(86,013 posts)...voter id and the rest.
This shows a real movement in the black community for Hillary and signals their votes will be a big factor in the general.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)that in the general there will be efforts to make sure Trump wins North Carolina.
In other words, don't bother crowing about North Carolina. The Rethugs own it.
bigtree
(86,013 posts)...I expect a good showing for our nominee.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)No gains in recent history. Just the opposite.
LuvLoogie
(7,062 posts)Hillary voters are people, too.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)Voter suppression laws are here.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)"stranglehold" is correct. The new voter suppression laws = the Repiglicans do not want a lot of Dem voting going on.
It happens in the general too. So Hillary voters should pay attention. But it's all about winning at any cost in this brutal country.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)of demeaning AA's for pointing out a fact about our home state.
oh well...
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)--they don't care about the situation in NC where the student/first time vote has been sabotaged. It works for them, right now.
Nobody's demeaning any AA voters. Ridiculous.
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Glad she won in Florida, too
mcar
(42,426 posts)Congratulations Sec Clinton!
bigtree
(86,013 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)Love NC!
KoKo
(84,711 posts)CalvinballPro
(1,019 posts)2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I knew this would happen, and I'm quite happy about it.