2016 Postmortem

ViseGrip

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21. They only polled dems and indy's and repubs could vote for whomever.

Thu May 5, 2016, 10:30 AM

May 2016

Why do you only poll one party, when three parties can vote for your party candidate? This is why he wins in open primaries. Indy's go to Bernie, overwhelmingly. Some repubs. So if they are allowed to vote in the dem primary, why wouldn't you poll them????

They try to deflate Bernie, 'he's always losing'. Then you get a result like IN.

It's just party shenanigans. You can't manipulate a vote when three parties are voting in both primaries. So it's interesting Hillary win, where it's just dems voting, and all the caging, etc. So if it's the republicans who are doing the cheating as Hillary supporters say in NY, then it must be her, they want to run against.

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Was the Indiana primary rigged? [View all] realmirage May 2016 OP

Nope, smooth sailing nt firebrand80 May 2016 #1

Make your case. What's you theory, evidence, etc.? morningfog May 2016 #2

Exit polls are what the Bernie crowd always presents as evidence. JaneyVee May 2016 #7

Since when is evidence required? baldguy May 2016 #8

LOL! When Sanders wins it's fair. When he loses, it's cheating. KittyWampus May 2016 #15

THe OP is flame bait. That's my point. morningfog May 2016 #18

I used to get smacked by my Dad for using this poster's theory... cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #20

It was an open primary, so they could not doctor the voting lists to prevent people from voting. -none May 2016 #3

There was voter suppression. Biaviians May 2016 #4

Just as it's always been. You'll have to take that up with the state... not the party. NurseJackie May 2016 #22

Thank you for the input! I'm concerned about ALL voters. Biaviians May 2016 #27

But Chicago area and SW Indiana were able to vote until 7PM LiberalFighter May 2016 #37

Proof? liberalnarb May 2016 #5

It is interesting how DU never accuses an election of being rigged when Bernie wins. LonePirate May 2016 #6

That would be because anyone with the power to rig an election is a Hillary supporter. liberalnarb May 2016 #9

Then explain AZ where Repubs control everything. Are they Clinton supporters? LonePirate May 2016 #10

The repugs and the Clinton supporters are definitely the powerful ones. liberalnarb May 2016 #12

A sufficient number of them are CobaltBlue May 2016 #32

Right. So Obama had superDUPER power in 2008! KittyWampus May 2016 #16

Nope, same Hillary team now as then. liberalnarb May 2016 #31

Ah, so same Clinton team but Obama FOILED their dastardly plans... KittyWampus May 2016 #35

Touche grossproffit May 2016 #11

I say the following regardless which side is claiming elections are rigged BootinUp May 2016 #13

Of course not. Didn't you see the winner? WhiteTara May 2016 #14

"Tit for tat" = "I got nothin' and I'm simply stirring shit." cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #17

But SANDERS won, so there are no "rigged", "conspiracy", "fraud" claims. Go figure. George II May 2016 #19

They only polled dems and indy's and repubs could vote for whomever. ViseGrip May 2016 #21

Clinton has won more open primaries than Sanders. ContinentalOp May 2016 #28

Bernie won, so obviously fair!!!! Adrahil May 2016 #23

Logic is not your strong suit GreatGazoo May 2016 #24

Childish & pointless snark Amaril May 2016 #25

The only way Hillary could have won PeoViejo May 2016 #26

The strong denials of BS supporters is convincing me it was rigged realmirage May 2016 #29

GOP rigged it to extend election nt. Trenzalore May 2016 #30

Absolutely. You convinced me realmirage May 2016 #34

Amazing that, right? But, Sanders won, so crickets. I personally feel it is because open and 22% of seabeyond May 2016 #33

Exit polling was off by 5.9%. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #36