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Putting To Rest "The Sanders Is Winning in NH Because He's From Vermont" silliness
How much of a home-field advantage does Bernie Sanders actually have?
Don’t tell New Hampshirites that they’re in Bernie Sanders’ backyard.
In an attempt to downplay expectations heading into the nation’s first primary, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is suggesting the Vermont senator has an inherent advantage because of geography.
“Their argument is—and it has got some strength to it—look, you are behind here, you are in your opponent’s backyard,” she said.
While it’s true that Clinton is undoubtedly the underdog at this point in the state’s primary race, that wasn’t always the case. A year ago, in a February 2015 poll, Sanders had only 6 percent support to Clinton’s 58 percent.
And 37 percent of New Hampshire respondents did not know who the Vermont senator was (Clinton was unknown to just 1 percent of the state).
That’s because New Hampshire doesn’t have much interaction with Vermont, University of New Hampshire political scientist Andy Smith told Boston.com.
Don’t tell New Hampshirites that they’re in Bernie Sanders’ backyard.
In an attempt to downplay expectations heading into the nation’s first primary, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is suggesting the Vermont senator has an inherent advantage because of geography.
“Their argument is—and it has got some strength to it—look, you are behind here, you are in your opponent’s backyard,” she said.
While it’s true that Clinton is undoubtedly the underdog at this point in the state’s primary race, that wasn’t always the case. A year ago, in a February 2015 poll, Sanders had only 6 percent support to Clinton’s 58 percent.
And 37 percent of New Hampshire respondents did not know who the Vermont senator was (Clinton was unknown to just 1 percent of the state).
That’s because New Hampshire doesn’t have much interaction with Vermont, University of New Hampshire political scientist Andy Smith told Boston.com.
Read rest: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/02/08/how-much-home-field-advantage-does-bernie-sanders-actually-have/63P8iz5l9AbLdBm9eeLmjM/story.html
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Vermont and New Hampshire have a lot in common.
For one both states are vertical. They're also made up of rocks and dirt...trees as well...so it only goes to figure that the peoples there are hive-minded beings.
