Horrible turnout in South Dakota

[RandySF]

I'm actually surprised.

[democrattotheend]

1. I'm not

That's what happens when the media essentially tells people in the last 6 states that their votes don't matter.

[msongs]

5. media are not to blame for personal choices made by sanders supporters lol nt

[NurseJackie]

8. I'd question the intelligence and maturity of anyone who believes such a thing.

Ultimately, people are responsible for their own decisions.

[MohRokTah]

12. Love your sig line!

Even a blind person could see THAT coming.

[NurseJackie]

14. You are correct.

[RandySF]

13. Then why the good turnout in MT?

[geek tragedy]

2. there aren't a lot of Democrats there nt

[grossproffit]

7. Today they're swing states.

[geek tragedy]

9. a swing from an epic blowout to a massively epic blowout maybe

the day the Republicans start losing the Dakotas they cease being a national party

[JimDandy]

3. That was the intended result of Clinton's engineering yesterday.

This was so totally expected, that anyone "surprised" by it I just discount as being disingenuous.

[bunnies]

4. That's what happens when people don't think their vote matters.

Why are you surprised?

[onenote]

18. Turns out that Bernie's not a quitter, but his supporters are.

The situation facing Sanders and his supporters was no different today than it would have been had the announcement not been made. Sanders strategy was to win big in today's contests, thereby cutting into Clinton's pledged delegate lead and giving Sanders a talking point, along with GE polls, for convincing SDs to switch.

That strategy was unchanged by the announcement last night -- all weekend long it was reported that Clinton was on the verge of becoming the presumptive nominee and would cross that threshold as soon as NJ (which Sanders had basically conceded) was called.

So if Sanders supporters didn't show up today, it's on them and them alone. No one stopped them from voting and Sanders needed their support just as much after the announcement as before.

Turns out that there a bunch of low information or fair-weather revolutionaries out there.

[Iliyah]

6. Damn Randy, report on - LOL

[Barack_America]

10. Your candidate isn't.

[WolverineDG]

11. Let people know their vote doesn't count

and SURPRISE! they'll stay away from the polls.

Funny how that works.

[prairierose]

15. We voted last week....

many people vote early because it is easier and faster. There were about 10 people there to vote in the 15 minutes we were there. If you watch that parking lot for very long, you see constant coming and going.

[a kennedy]

16. for the Dems or the pubs??? What's horrible??? As in other elections. eom

[Ken Burch]

17. David Brock arranged for the media to declare the race over yesterday.

Why would low turnout anywhere surprise you?