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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 01:26 AM Feb 2016

Can 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...

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Can you conclude anything interesting from the following info? (Original Post) Godhumor Feb 2016 OP
I concluded... HillDawg Feb 2016 #1
I can say this bluestateguy Feb 2016 #2
That someone 'might' do better in white flight states... fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #3
Or that an entire strategy is pinned on two white flight states providing enough momentum Godhumor Feb 2016 #4
Even Spock abandoned logic once and went to an act of desperation. fleabiscuit Feb 2016 #5
What an obscure reference! yallerdawg Feb 2016 #11
Iowa is a state tailor made for Bernie workinclasszero Feb 2016 #6
And NH is looking more Clinton every hour Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #9
Within 10 pts... workinclasszero Feb 2016 #10
The revolution was postponed due to weather Stuckinthebush Feb 2016 #12
All of these Jamaal510 Feb 2016 #7
Hello from Winthrop, Maine! MarianJack Feb 2016 #8
 

HillDawg

(198 posts)
1. I concluded...
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 01:37 AM
Feb 2016

That this should be rather easy for Hillary, unless Bernie finds a magical way to get through to minority voters..

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
2. I can say this
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 01:43 AM
Feb 2016

Hillary won an ass-kicking victory in West Virginia in 2008.

I remember it well because I was on Obama's team last time.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
4. Or that an entire strategy is pinned on two white flight states providing enough momentum
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 01:51 AM
Feb 2016

To cancel out diverse states.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
6. Iowa is a state tailor made for Bernie
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 02:55 AM
Feb 2016

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)
9. And NH is looking more Clinton every hour
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 10:19 AM
Feb 2016

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)
10. Within 10 pts...
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 10:36 AM
Feb 2016

I will laugh at the pathetic Bernie "revolution" if that happens!

Of course the "revolution" didn't show up in Iowa either!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
7. All of these
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:34 AM
Feb 2016

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)
8. Hello from Winthrop, Maine!
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 08:24 AM
Feb 2016

Don't count us as a Sanders win quite yet. I think that Hillary has a great shot at winning up here!

PEACE!

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