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Hillary Clinton

sufrommich

(22,871 posts) Wed May 18, 2016, 10:37 AM May 2016

Washington state and Oregon are demographically similar states.

Sanders won Washington by 45 points and Oregon by 9. That's not a massive victory,that's a massive slide from his past performance in a very similar state.

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Washington state and Oregon are demographically similar states. (Original Post) sufrommich May 2016 OP

That is one difference between a primary BlueMTexpat May 2016 #1

HRC would have done better in Washington, too, had it been a primary book_worm May 2016 #2

BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)

1. That is one difference between a primary

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 11:17 AM

May 2016

where everyone gets to vote - provided they meet the voting requirements - and a caucus, where one can be intimidated and shouted down. Too many people don't have time for that cr**.

IMO, all caucuses should be abolished.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)

2. HRC would have done better in Washington, too, had it been a primary

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Wed May 18, 2016, 11:35 AM

May 2016

I don't think she would have won it but it would have been closer. Look at Nebraska--Sanders won the caucus and HRC won the primary a week or so ago.

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