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2016 Postmortem

amborin

(16,631 posts) Wed Feb 10, 2016, 06:36 PM Feb 2016

Bernie Win Is Historic: Bernie Won New Hampshire By Wider Margin Than Any Democrat Since JFK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/10/make-no-mistake-bernie-sanderss-win-in-new-hampshire-was-historically-massive/

Make no mistake: Bernie Sanders’s win in New Hampshire was historically massive

..........He won by a wider margin than any Democrat since John F. Kennedy, who demolished a guy named Paul Fisher and was aided by being the senator of another border state, Massachusetts.

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Bernie Win Is Historic: Bernie Won New Hampshire By Wider Margin Than Any Democrat Since JFK (Original Post) amborin Feb 2016 OP

You can't compare margins in 2-person races to margins in 7- or 8-person races frazzled Feb 2016 #1

K & R! beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #2

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. You can't compare margins in 2-person races to margins in 7- or 8-person races

Reply to amborin (Original post)

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 07:38 PM

Feb 2016

Kennedy had one opponent (as did Sanders). When there are seven candidates, as say in 2004 or 2008, margins will be much smaller.

But go ahead, math will probably have no effect on you.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)

2. K & R!

Reply to amborin (Original post)

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 07:44 PM

Feb 2016

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