Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumCan you conclude anything interesting from the following info?
Posted same stuff in GDP for those who don't go there.
% of racial minorities among eligible voters:
Iowa - 8%
New Hampshire - 6%
Super Tuesday
Vermont - 4%
North Dakota - 8%
3/6/16
Maine - 6%
5/10/16
West Virginia - 6%
6/7/16
Montana - 8%
Info from an interactive graphic deep in the following article:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/02/06/hillary-clinton-protecting-southern-firewall-bernie-sanders-tries-chip-away-her-african-american-support/wxKk1RqpJzdSaG2r9qLTAN/story.html
There are a lot of interesting conclusions you can draw from the above information about the 2016 race...
HillDawg
(198 posts)That this should be rather easy for Hillary, unless Bernie finds a magical way to get through to minority voters..
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Hillary won an ass-kicking victory in West Virginia in 2008.
I remember it well because I was on Obama's team last time.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)than they do everywhere else.
Godhumor
(6,437 posts)To cancel out diverse states.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)The Galileo Seven
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)That I got immediately!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)And he lost there, proving beyond doubt that he would be a horrible canidate in the general election.
Thankfully he won't be the democratic nominee. NH will be his high mark and Hillary is shrinking his win there as well.
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)Anything within 10 is terrible for Sanders.
Within 5 and he's hurting badly
A loss by Sanders is the final nail
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I will laugh at the pathetic Bernie "revolution" if that happens!
Of course the "revolution" didn't show up in Iowa either!
Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)and because his supporters were grounded.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)states (except maybe IA and WV) with low minority percentages also are coincidentally among the smallest in population in the U.S.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)Don't count us as a Sanders win quite yet. I think that Hillary has a great shot at winning up here!
PEACE!