The New Hampshire Primary |Feb 9|: Live Free or Die

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Democrats
Voting percentage reported 23%

Bernie Sanders 58%
Hillary Clinton 40%

Republicans
Voting percentage reported 22%

Donald Trump 34%
Marco Rubio 10%
John Kasich 16%
Ted Cruz 12%
Jeb (John E. Bush) 12%
Chris Christie 7%
Carly Fiorina 4%
Ben Carson 2%
 
Isn't it an unwritten convention that sitting presidents don't back a candidate until they've secured the nomination, like what Bush did with McCain? Besides, Obama might actually privately prefer Clinton over Sanders.
It would be really dumb for Obama to endorse either of them until it's decided, and he's not dumb.
 
so bernie just whomped cliniton, coronation be damned.

was this expected given his ties to the northeast?

Him winning isn't just because of his ties to the area. If that was the case he would have been closer in the polls many, many month ago. When this started months ago she was beating Sanders by over 50 points. This is an amazing turnaround for a guy like him, just amazing. No one should forget that.
 
You sure about that? He invited Bernie to the white house. We have no clue what they talked about.

He's had multiple similar meetings with Hilary. Is this your first election (not trying to be rude)? Sitting presidents don't endorse primary candidates, only the nominee.
 
You sure about that? He invited Bernie to the white house. We have no clue what they talked about.

I think you can make an argument that Hillary would be more or less a continuation of a vast majority of Obama's policies (she certainly makes it sound like that would be the case), if perhaps a touch more hawkish. Add to that the professional relationship they have, and the fact that Obama is ideologically closer to Hillary than to Bernie, and it's not outlandish to see her as his favourite. But honestly, I think he doesn't really care who gets the nomination for the most part, as long as that person wins in November.
 
53:46 Clinton among women age 45+.

Yikes

That's supposed to be her strongest demographic. She better be hoping that this doesn't start resonating nationwide.

How quickly people forget, Hillary was the chosen one in 2008 as well, and we all saw how that went.
 
It was known he would win, the question was by how much. Despite all of the "blowout" posts this is actually pretty middle of the road so far: if he won by 10% she was looking good, if he won by 30% it meant he was a serious threat, the current 18% number just says to me that we have a long way to go still

The poll aggregate was projecting 14% and it looks like he's going to win by 19-20%. He definitely over performed tonight. Failing to crack 40% isn't a good look for Hillary no matter how you spin it. This was one of his stronger states and he won it by 20 points. That's right in line with how you'd expect a serious candidate to perform if you ask me.
 
His issue among minorities isn't the result of minorities not knowing who he is. It's Bernie's insistence on a 'Rising Tide Lifts All' mentality with respect to how to solve the issue of racial inequality in this country. With the exception of the disproportionate jailing of blacks, the solutions he's constantly parading for racial inequality/racism are all economic based (health care, minimum wage, college, etc)
This is the politically correct answer, it's not wrong to admit that large portions of the voter base are wary to vote for candidates, not because of a legitimate disagreement for their policies, but out of ignorance, complacency, superficial wariness, and misconceptions about their opponents.
Which isn't the say the reverse isn't the case because I know black people who aren't voting for Bernie because they have policy disagreements, but to act like the reverse of that isn't a factor just because you don't want to make claims about a minority voter base is just ridiculous, especially if you're willing to do it for white voters which I know people on here are willing to do.
Bernie speaks out against private prisons while his opponent takes money from them, he wants to remove Marijuana from being schedule 1 drugs, he wants to make it so people dying in police custody automatically triggers a federal investigation, he wants to get rid of voting laws that specifically target minorities, and he wants to implement economic policies that inherently benefit all American's regardless of race, and if black people aren't voting for Bernie because he focuses on economics than they probably shouldn't be voting at all, especially if they think Clinton is any better on it, or maybe that's my bias as a black Bernie voter/occasional volunteer speaking.
What brilliant idea do you have in regards to fixing racial inequality that Bernie should be proposing?
 
More YAAS Queen T-Shirts and coffee mugs will be made. Maybe some merchandise themed around Feeling the Rod.

New campaign slogan

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Yikes

That's supposed to be her strongest demographic. She better be hoping that this doesn't start resonating nationwide.

How quickly people forget, Hillary was the chosen one in 2008 as well, and we all saw how that went.

The 2016 election is in no shape analogous to 2008.

At all.
 
Glad to see Kasich take number 2. Doubt he has much of a chance to go anywhere but he seems the most sane of all the republicans.
 
Yikes

That's supposed to be her strongest demographic. She better be hoping that this doesn't start resonating nationwide.

How quickly people forget, Hillary was the chosen one in 2008 as well, and we all saw how that went.
Really is going to swing on minority voters.

But Bernie's got to get them excited if he wants to win the GE anyway, so now or never seems fine?

Rubio, is that you?
Let's once and for all dispel the notion that Bernie Sanders is going to win any more states. He's not going to win any more states.
 
This is the politically correct answer, it's not wrong to admit that large portions of the voter base are wary to vote for candidates, not because of a legitimate disagreement for their policies, but out of ignorance, complacency, superficial wariness, and misconceptions about their opponents.
Which isn't the say the reverse isn't the case because I know black people who aren't voting for Bernie because they have policy disagreements, but to act like the reverse of that isn't a factor just because you don't want to make claims about a minority voter base is just ridiculous, especially if you're willing to do it for white voters which I know people on here are willing to do.
Bernie speaks out against private prisons while his opponent takes money from them, he wants to remove Marijuana from being schedule 1 drugs, he wants to make it so people dying in police custody automatically triggers a federal investigation, he wants to get rid of voting laws that specifically target minorities, and he wants to implement economic policies that inherently benefit all American's regardless of race, and if black people aren't voting for Bernie because he focuses on economics than they probably shouldn't be voting at all, especially if they think Clinton is any better on it, or maybe that's my bias as a black Bernie voter/occasional volunteer speaking.
What brilliant idea do you have in regards to fixing racial inequality that Bernie should be proposing?

Holy fuck.

This patronizing bullshit is exactly why minorities prefer Hillary over Bernie.

The Politically Correct answer? Get the fuck out.
 
Bernie literally could only tie with Democrats in NH and only won because of Independents.

That is the most skull crushing information possible. If he couldn't win NH Democrats convincingly he has zero chance elsewhere. And most states don't have open primaries where Independents can vote.
 
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