How Bernie Sanders won Oklahoma

[Babel_17]

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How Bernie Sanders won Oklahoma

Scott Clement · March 1, 10:40 PM

Some takeaways from Bernie Sanders’s victory in Oklahoma:

The Sanders win may be seen as much a rejection of Hillary Clinton and of Barack Obama’s presidency as an endorsement of Sanders himself. Only 38 percent of Oklahoma Democrats said the next president should “continue Obama’s policies” in preliminary exit polls reported by CNN, the lowest of any state before Super Tuesday. That result comes from a group Clinton has dominated (she won 66 percent of their votes in Oklahoma). About 3 in 10 said the next president should pursue more liberal policies than Obama and another 3 in 10 sought a less liberal agenda; Sanders led Clinton by more than 2 to 1 among both groups.

Oklahomans expressed wide doubts about Clinton’s honesty: 46 percent said she is honest and trustworthy while 52 percent said she is not. Fully 66 percent of Oklahoma Democrats saw Sanders as honest and trustworthy.

Young people came through for Sanders: He didn’t just win among young voters, he trounced Clinton by over 60 points among those under 30 and by 42 points among those 30 to 44 years old, according to preliminary exit polls reported by CNN. Meanwhile, Clinton was only able to eke past Sanders among voters 45 and older, pulling in about half of those votes. Compare that with Texas, right next door, where Sanders won voters under 30 by a smaller 34-point margin and led Clinton by a narrower 9-point margin with those in their 30s and early 40s.

Conservatives for Bernie? A majority of Democratic primary voters in Oklahoma said their political views are moderate or conservative, a sharp break from early contests where sometimes record levels identified as liberals. This would figure to be trouble for a self-identified Democratic socialist — but Sanders won conservative Democrats by a 2 to 1 margin over Clinton preliminary exit poll data reported by CNN (51 to 22 percent). Sanders also won by modest margins among liberal voters, while narrowly trailing Clinton among moderates. In neighboring Texas, liberals made up a clear majority of the electorate (60 percent) and Clinton led Sanders among all ideological groups. Her biggest margin came among moderates, where she led Sanders by over 2 to 1.

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[monmouth4]

1. Hope "Pioneer Woman" and her family were Sanders supporters. Very large family..n/t

[Babel_17]

4. Is this her?

http://thepioneerwoman.com/confessions/cast-of-characters/

[monmouth4]

5. Yep, that's her. She's originally from California, family is very large in Oklahoma, beautiful

cattle ranch, great cooking show and a very nice family..

[Kittycat]

12. Love her show/recipes.

Even though I can't half of it is terrible for me, lol. Hope she's feelin the bern.

[monmouth4]

14. I hardly even cook anymore but something about her show and her that are just so genuine..n/t

[Donkees]

2. he trounced Clinton by over 60 points among those under 30 and by 42 points among those 30 to 44

[Babel_17]

11. Our party's leaders need to look to the future

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Or at least wake up and smell the coffee. The people are done with business as usual, there's no enthusiasm for it. Secretary Clinton and DWS can't get out the vote like we need. Turnout has been nothing to brag about, and without Senator Sanders campaign's new voters, and supporters, turnout would be abysmal.

And presumably the FBI won't be writing Clinton an endorsement. Her negatives seem likely to stay very bad, and maybe get worse.

When will the leadership wake up to that? Or are they just too intimidated by Clinton to talk openly about her actual numbers?

[bernbabe]

3. Remember when Wesley Clark won the primary in 2004?

Odd state.

[artislife]

7. Remember the earthquakes they are having?

Frackin state.

[bernbabe]

10. That could be it!

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Fracking = FREAKIN' EARTHQUAKES! Thank you Oklahoma!

I'm glad they kicked her to the curb.

[artislife]

8. Posting the same thing at the same time

People don't like the shaking and the poisoned ground water.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. Exactly. She really deserved to lose Oklahoma. n/t

[Kittycat]

13. This.

I said this to my hubby earlier. Terrible situation!

[Nyan]

15. It just goes to show you how each state has so many different issues,

and how they can directly affect their electoral decisions.