These numbers are a lot more brutal than I was expecting ... http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/south-carolina
Reddit is either going to A. Ignore it. B. Spew conspiracy C. Say vaguely racist, condescending things about black people for not "feeling the bern" and knowing what is good for them
I just spent a few minutes on Reddit reading the r/SandersForPresident/ South Carolina results thread. It's bad over there ... toxic bad.
nah, it's going to be about fifty points; she's well ahead in the polls for most states; I think Bernie's peaked
This is pretty brutal. I think this primary will be all but over after Tuesday. Clinton could win everystate except Vermont.
I said Bernie peaked weeks ago. But these numbers are still way above what anyone was expecting from the polls. This is just brutal. Embarrassingly brutal.
One SC poll yesterday had her winning by 50, but it was an outlier. She's up by 30 to 40 in the Texas polls and by almost 30 in FL.
You mean all those people saying that the only reason Bernie was getting so much pub was because the early states were inordinately liberal & inordinately white weren't wrong and there was never really a Bernie shot/surge? We're basically the same place where we were a year ago, despite the media's best efforts. An inevitable Hillary tidal wave to the nomination. All that's left is Obama acting as Queen Maker
I credit Sanders with a well-run positive campaign based on ideas. It's been a good run for him, and although I disagree with him on a number of issues, I have the utmost respect for him and his principles. With that being said, I think tonight renders his campaign a dead campaign walking. Hail Queen Hilary, her coronation is at hand!
He has a chance at four or five of the Super Tuesday states but it will not matter. Those states aren't very big and, except for Vermont, his margin won't be that big.
53 delegates were up for grabs in S.C. -- Hillary took 39 of them. Democrat delegate count: Clinton - 544 Sanders - 85 (2,383 needed for nomination - 4,136 available) Republican delegate count: Trump - 82 Cruz - 17 Rubio - 16 Kasich - 6 Carson - 4 Paul, Bush, Fiorina, Huckabee - 1 each (1,237 needed for nomination - 2,340 available) Source: AP
Well Sanders not being black was always going to hurt him with African Americans. If Obama did not run in 2008, Hilarity would have won the black vote over Edwards, but I doubt she would have won by soch a huge margin.
He has a small chance in Connecticut, Minnesota and Colorado. The whiter and more "collegy" the better for Sanders.
Lost the white vote even in SC. Wow. I wonder did she lose white women? I also wonder how Sanders did with black college kids, did he win a much bigger share of them or not that big of a difference.
I do, too... which is so I'm surprised at how negative his fanbase is. I'm having a hard time reconciling how such a polite, issues-based candidate inspires such hatred among his opponents toward his primary opponent. And I know it's not logical, but it's starting to turn me off him as well. Like when you discover a new band you like the sound of (edit: I've known Sanders since I went to college in Vermont in the mid-90s, but I think the comparison is still apt), only to discover its other fans are inexplicably a bunch of irritating d-bags. It tempers your enthusiasm a bit.