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12. Not true - because given the % D, %R, % I -- if true, we would never win an election

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 10:42 AM

Mar 2016

Note for example that over half the voters in Massachusetts are non aligned -- yet it is far more likely that Democrats win Presidential or Congressional seats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Massachusetts

In VT, EVERYBODY is non aligned, because you do not register by party. I can take a Democratic, a Progressive, or a Republican ballot in any primary here in Burlington. I know my daughter who opted to register in NJ when we lived there (while she was a college student in MA) registered as Independent. She is to the left of me and in fact registered in NJ because it was before the 2008 election and she thought Obama and Lautenberg were more likely to need votes than Obama and Kerry.

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New poll: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders too close to call in Missouri [View all] Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 OP

Fantastic! Tomorrow is going to be a hard day and long night to get through. PWPippin Mar 2016 #1

kick & rec #5 Vote2016 Mar 2016 #2

I can't wait. SmittynMo Mar 2016 #3

Yay! Gregorian Mar 2016 #10

Clicking on your link, I was shocked how poorly Hillary did with the independents in all states karynnj Mar 2016 #4

Independents in most states vote Republican Loki Mar 2016 #8

Not true - because given the % D, %R, % I -- if true, we would never win an election karynnj Mar 2016 #12

False. People use their votes to select the candidate they best align with. Nobody but us political Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #18

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Mar 2016 #5

"flip that coin in your pocket". I wish Mrs. Clinton would take note & team-up to unify the party. Sunlei Mar 2016 #6

Win by a nose? Loki Mar 2016 #7

LOL! Independents have not expressed a desire to vote for Hillary anywhere. They HATE her! Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #11

Excuse me, but you live in Texas. Loki Mar 2016 #30

The MI results was Bernie 20%+ over polling. That wasn't the result of independents. Gore1FL Mar 2016 #14

From the OP: "Among Republicans, Sanders led 66-23 percent." merrily Mar 2016 #25

That should tell ya everything u need to know! Cryptoad Mar 2016 #33

Same ole, same ole GOP votes for Bernie bad; GOP votes Hillary, great; merrily Mar 2016 #37

Too close to call, unless you look at the dynamics. Gregorian Mar 2016 #9

I like your snapshot! dchill Mar 2016 #13

yep. retrowire Mar 2016 #31

No poll for me... wcmagumba Mar 2016 #15

Same here! Svafa Mar 2016 #35

Wonder if Bill will show up at key polling places KPN Mar 2016 #16

Great news! Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #17

I can say with absolute 100% certainty that Bernie will be getting two votes tomorrow from my wife EV_Ares Mar 2016 #19

If your cat wants Bernie, ejbr Mar 2016 #21

LOL, yeah she does & she has even changed her meow to Bernie, Bernie. EV_Ares Mar 2016 #27

I've said before and I'll say it again: the left fails to unite. merrily Mar 2016 #26

I knew you could ejbr Mar 2016 #20

I've been doing Get-Out-The-Vote canvassing every weekend here in Kansas City LongTomH Mar 2016 #22

Saw a homemade sign for Bernie on an Interstate overpass this AM... Moostache Mar 2016 #23

High turnout means Sanders wins. Low turnout means Clinton wins. Tiggeroshii Mar 2016 #24

Amen to that! jillan Mar 2016 #28

LOL nt Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #29

Democrats win when there is a high voting turnout. -none Mar 2016 #32

With minority voters it's the reverse of that oberliner Mar 2016 #34

Everybody voting is good for Bernie. Tiggeroshii Mar 2016 #36

As we move out of the Bible Belt, we'll see that Sanders wins progressive African American votes and Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #41

In Massachusetts, Clinton won among self-described liberals and Bernie won among moderates oberliner Mar 2016 #46

So we agree that the margins with African American voters is vastly different in the Bible Belt. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #47

Yes we do oberliner Mar 2016 #49

Why do you keep referring to "non-white voters" when discussing results outside the Bible Belt? What Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #54

The exit polls for Massachusetts used that term oberliner Mar 2016 #55

Bernie is winning the Latino vote in a landslide? oberliner Mar 2016 #44

I never said Sanders was winning any racial group by a landslide - I said it is an ideological and Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #51

My response was to a different poster who did make that claim oberliner Mar 2016 #53

Seen polls that have shown a substantial lead. I do think he could win Tiggeroshii Mar 2016 #56

Early exit polls show he is winning Illinois Hispanic voters with 68% Tiggeroshii Mar 2016 #58

when you say "especially African-Americans," don't you mean "only African-Americans" Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #39

No oberliner Mar 2016 #43

We certainly agree Hillary is beating the Jewish Progressive in the Bible Belt. I see no evidence Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #45

Also in Massachusetts and Michigan oberliner Mar 2016 #48

Thank you. I have great hope for the Latino vote. I'm glad to see over half going for Bernie. Cavallo Mar 2016 #50

Lamestream media (Fox-local) reports Quinnipiac poll showing Clinton ahead in two states---- joanbarnes Mar 2016 #38

Sadly, no democrattotheend Mar 2016 #59

someone will be misery-able tomorrow, ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2016 #40

Missouri's going for Sanders tabasco Mar 2016 #42

No coin flip necessary. WhiteHat Mar 2016 #52

Get out and vote for Bern, MO! Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #57