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Fla Dem

(23,690 posts)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:50 AM Apr 2016

Took a look at some numbers and I am thrilled at what last night elections revealed.

These are the votes cast in last night's primaries. I also threw in NY. In every single state the Democratic votes far exceeded the Republican vote totals and in a couple of cases the Dem vote almost doubled the Republican vote.

Hillary votes in every state exceeded Trump's votes. In some cases "HUGELY".

I hope this bodes well for the general election even if some of the Bernie voters sit it out, go for 3rd party, or whatever.



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Took a look at some numbers and I am thrilled at what last night elections revealed. (Original Post) Fla Dem Apr 2016 OP
Thank you, FD! Cha Apr 2016 #1
Thank you for this! kimbutgar Apr 2016 #2
Democratic States are firmly Democratic... and will beachbum bob Apr 2016 #3
K&R! ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #4
Hillary is going to be a great President! workinclasszero Apr 2016 #5
K&R Excelent, thanks CajunBlazer Apr 2016 #6
My concern is where the Bernie voters go pandr32 Apr 2016 #7
You are absolutely right. We'll lose some of the BS supporters. Fla Dem Apr 2016 #11
I would forgive Bernie if he stepped up now pandr32 Apr 2016 #14
A lot of them will vote Trump. Codeine Apr 2016 #13
I agree! pandr32 Apr 2016 #15
K & R Iliyah Apr 2016 #8
Even some of those are deceptive Treant Apr 2016 #9
Very interesting and encouraging. kstewart33 Apr 2016 #10
Bernie says... yallerdawg Apr 2016 #12
This is very encouraging – thank you! sarae Apr 2016 #16
These are great voter turnout numbers Gothmog Apr 2016 #17
K&R! DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #18

kimbutgar

(21,161 posts)
2. Thank you for this!
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:53 AM
Apr 2016

I was starting to get really ill thinking trump could win. Looking at the numbers makes me feel better. I am bookmarking this.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
3. Democratic States are firmly Democratic... and will
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:54 AM
Apr 2016

remain so for Hillary....in spite of trumps delusional ego....

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
7. My concern is where the Bernie voters go
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:07 AM
Apr 2016

Trump is going after them now. Bernie Sanders needs to man up and if he really believes his supporters "are the future of the Democrat Party" he had better start working to get them to back the woman he has been demonizing in order to win against. We will see what he is made of for once and for all.
Your move Bernie. You are really up to bat, now.

Fla Dem

(23,690 posts)
11. You are absolutely right. We'll lose some of the BS supporters.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:18 AM
Apr 2016

Some of whom are truly anti government or are Rand Paul acolytes and some just RW trolls who wanted to disrupt and derail the Clinton campaign. But in my heart of hearts, I so want to believe the majority of them are rational, serious voters, who really do care for the well being of the US. Who when push comes to shove, they will vote for Hillary, if for no other reason than it will be a vote against Trump.

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
14. I would forgive Bernie if he stepped up now
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:28 AM
Apr 2016

Like you said, many of his supporters are rational, and with a little reassurance from Bernie they would easily make the transition. If Bernie continues on as a divider, a whole lot of his supporters will find their way behind Clinton on their own, but it would be much better if he knocked off his divisive rhetoric and stopped putting down "conditions" to bring his supporters into the fold.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
13. A lot of them will vote Trump.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:27 AM
Apr 2016

We had a few DUers declare they'd consider it in a recent thread. Obscene.

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
15. I agree!
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:31 AM
Apr 2016

It is obscene. Hopefully it won't wind up being a sizable number of people. It is hard to imagine how one could become a member of that group

Treant

(1,968 posts)
9. Even some of those are deceptive
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:15 AM
Apr 2016

My mother voted for Kasich last night as "the only one who's not completely ****ing nuts" in PA.

(I called and told her, "So you were the one who voted for him!" She called me a nasty name that implied that my father wasn't my father).

She's going to be voting for Madame President Hillary Rodham Clinton in November...she cannot stand Trump, Cruz, or Rubio.

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