2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders’ Michigan Upset Offers Warning Signs to Clinton
I am grateful to the people of Michigan for defying the pundits and pollsters and giving us their support. This is a critically important night. We came from 30 points down in Michigan and were seeing the same kind of come-from-behind momentum all across America, Sanders said in a statement Tuesday night. Not only is Michigan the gateway to the rest of the industrial Midwest, the results there show that we are a national campaign. - Bernie Sanders-snip-
"In Michigan, Sanders benefited from an open primary in which seven in 10 independents voted for him, according to exit polls. They made up 28 percent of voters. Clinton had a 57 percent to 41 percent edge over Sanders among the Democrats who made up 69 percent of those who voted.
Those numbers may not bode well for Clinton next Tuesday, when Ohio and Missouri hold open primaries, and Illinois and North Carolina allow voters to request Democratic ballots on primary day. Only Florida, with 246 delegates to the Democratic conventionthe most to be awarded from a single state since the start of primary seasonhas a closed primary, and Clinton appears poised to win there."
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-09/sanders-stuns-clinton-with-michigan-upset
newfie11
(8,159 posts)vintx
(1,748 posts)That's yuuuuuge.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Where 40-percent of US voters now identify.
vintx
(1,748 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)in North Carolina next Tuesday.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Traditionally, you are supposed to write the numeric word for numbers ranging from one to a hundred.
If the writer is putting down 10 instead of ten, why was seven spelled out?
Writing seven in 10 has less power and impact than 7 in 10, which is easier to process.
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There is one other time she uses a number lower than 10...
She writes "With the Michigan lossby less than 2 points with 99 percent of precincts reporting" to show the insignificance of Sander's win, instead of writing "two points with 99 percent of precincts reporting."
She is correct in some respects, "the symbolism is there," just not with the campaign, but with the reporting.
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Red Oak
(697 posts)Only in reading your post did I realize what was happening in how the articles are purposely written to sell a story line.
Now educated, such tactics will stand out like highlights within a text.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)March 15th is now more important than ever.
ReallyIAmAnOptimist
(357 posts)FL 15-Mar [214] Primary-Closed
IL 15-Mar [156] Primary-Open
MO 15-Mar [71] Primary-Open
NC 15-Mar [107] Primary-Closed
OH 15-Mar [143] Primary-Semi-open
pat_k
(9,313 posts)I can't seem to find this, but I'm very curious about what the breakdown is when you look at all independents, not just independents who voted Democratic (which apparently broke about 70% to Sanders).
Seems a relatively straightforward, and important, statistic. Don't know why I can't seem to find anyone discussing.