2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHuuuge Victory for Bernie in Michigan
This is what we have been waiting for and tonight it finally arrives.
The polls, as usual, didn't give us a chance, they dissed us and claimed Clinton would win by 10 points.
Goes to show they just don't know what the hell they are talking about.
Thank you people of Michigan. You really came through for America.
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)But I noticed that for the first time in a while, the Democratic primary was the top story on the CNN website. That is good for both candidates, IMO. The downside of the GOP being more unsettled (or so they thought) is that they were getting all the coverage.
If Sanders wins Michigan, the MSM will have to stop writing him off and ignoring him.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Polls said Clinton by 10. All the polls all along have been the same old same old ""Clinton is to be coronated"". << Even saw that on CNN page just minutes ago. >> "Coronated" my ass.
The people are finally having a chance to be heard and what they are saying is we like our Bernie and we love the new message he is bring to us.
jcgoldie
(11,639 posts)Polls are based on how people answer questions about how they are going to vote. They can be wrong if people don't respond accurately... but they neither "give anyone a chance" nor "diss" them.
TM99
(8,352 posts)can not predict human psychology.
It can make some approximations but once other more human factors are involved, it falls apart.
Clinton obviously blew it with her artful smear of Sanders and that may have been the human component that was unpredictable.
They didn't ask the right people. And they are biased. Look at the 538 website.... they are such sellouts they hardly know their ass from a hole in the ground. It made me sick to read their junk.
southerncrone
(5,506 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)This is a whole new campaign from here on. This is historic.
southerncrone
(5,506 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)I was the 27th Democratic voter in my very rural township. Most of the roads in this area are unpaved. There is no straight road across the township to get to the township hall from my house. So one has to drive a very circuitous route to get there, to get around the intervening national forest. It's beautiful, but it makes voting difficult.
I voted for Bernie, of course. As I said, I was the 27th Democratic voter at 2:15 PM.
There are more deer than humans in my township.
Happy to R& this.
My best to you.