Bernie Sanders
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(7,865 posts)It will change the way we look at polls.
This election is going to be decided by unlikely voters.
jillan
(39,451 posts)Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)A very interesting point made by Sanders' campaign manager. That had actually not occurred to me. Where? Nowhere. Sanders beat her to hairsbreadth tie in MA, MN and IA, didn't do badly in NV and had a smashing victory in NH (and of course a blowout in VT, where they know him best). And he's won the other states by double digits, I think, all of them--CO, KS, OK. And now a 2% win for Sanders in MI, when he was down 20% the week before.
Clinton has not done well anywhere that will matter in November. And he is tying or beating her in all northern and midwestern states thus far.
How about that!
Although these CBS talking heads are Corporate bots, I'm glad I took a look at this. I just hadn't thought of events thus far quite the way he framed it. And, from now on, it's all north, midwest and west. Also, we now know that the pollsters aren't worth a bean! 20% pts down, they said, in MI. And he ends up beating Clinton there.
So all the pollster numbers on the immediate states ahead (Ohio, Illinois and others), which are all showing Clinton leads, some of them big, may be dead wrong or enough wrong to make them competitive for Sanders, who has a knack for finish-line surges and surprise wins.
Correct me if I've got any facts wrong. There is so much going on that it's difficult for a "lay person" and an irregular DUer to keep track of it all--and all of it moving so fast.
A lot of people know this already, but I would say: Beware, beware, beware of Clinton supporters' framing and Corporate media framing. Some of it is mind-bending propaganda--the exact opposite of the truth--and all of it has one goal: to ensure the election of a Corporatist, whether it's a billionaire or a surrogate for billionaires.