Bernie Sanders Is Currently Winning the Democratic Primary Race, and I’ll Prove It to You

[insta8er]

Nobody cares how well a politician does at the ballot box when he or she is running for an office unopposed. What matters is how a politician performs in contested primaries and general elections, as when it really matters — like it will, for instance, this November — you can be certain of a contested election.

With that said, let’s make an important observation: Bernie Sanders has tied or beaten Hillary Clinton in a majority of the actively contested votes this election season.

You doubt it? Okay, let me explain.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/sanders-currently-winning-democratic-primary-race-ill-prove-to-you_b_9528076.html

[upaloopa]

1. I guess some people need things like this to help them cope

[SoCalMusicLover]

4. Well.....

We're all going to need things to help us cope IF Hillary loses to Donald in November.

Oh wait....that can't possibly happen, because Hillary is the "chosen one," and most Americans love her so much, surely she will defeat the Donald.

[Dragonfli]

8. Hillary will lose a General election, she can't carry Independents who appear to dislike her

Immensely and who feel she is an habitual liar on par with Nixon, Why the party establishment wishes to commit suicide in the General Election is beyond me. The Republicans will turn out to vote against her enthusiastically, setting records doing so, and all the new young and poor voters that would have/still might enlarge our base because they love Sanders would stay home. rather than vote for a Democrat that half her party thinks is a corrupt liar. (80% of Independents believe so much more strongly)

Independents alone outnumber either party at about 40% of voters and you can't win an election without them (they favor Sanders by 80% and when polled consider her dishonest by actually record numbers and have her favorable ratings 15% under water)

If the party cared about winning the GE (which at this point appears they do not much care about either way) they would take the establishment thumb off the scale and run a fair primary and just risk the fallout of the Clintons' infamous "hit list" book of favors and retribution which they are apparently so afraid of that they would commit political Supuku in the GE rather than face.

[Tarc]

12. The "independent voter" is an overblown myth

There are few if any people who would be torn between Trump and not-Trump. Everyone who isn't a racist dullard will vote for the D in the fall, whether it is Hillary or Bernie.

[Dragonfli]

13. .

[FarPoint]

2. Does this not belong in the DU Lounge?

Like, chemtrails and Comedy Central....

[Ferd Berfel]

3. Dupe

[question everything]

5. And the lunar landing was a hoax. Nice to live in a dream world

but then, at some point, you are going to wake up and, what, run naked in the street?

[mythology]

6. This argument is still based on a stupid premise

The demographics of this campaign are clear and consistent. The author compares two unlike samples of voters and saying that the demographics don't matter only time is the important variable. But that argument isn't supported. Clinton has maintained a consistent edge among minority and older voters across states and time.

This argument of comparing two unlike populations and saying that since group b votes for Sanders so would group a of very different demographics is laughably bad. The author either doesn't understand statistics or is pretending not to.

[ibegurpard]

7. No he isnt

He could still theoretically win but it's definitely an uphill climb. This is as bad as the inane "Clinton has already won because math" posts.

[Solid Snake1]

9. Wow not only is the Huffington Post

Clearly biased for Bernie, this "writer" uses child like logic and tantrum to twist Hillary dominating wins into a loss. Here are the facts, she leads by over 300 delegates, far more than Obama had at this point. She leads by over 2.5 million votes, and she will win the majority of super delegates, especially if shes up by giant margins after NY and CA.

Bernie people are really becoming delusional about the race.

[calguy]

10. BSers just can't stop BSing

Although the writing is on the wall, and has been for some time now, BSers on DU keep grasping at straws and comb the Internet for any beacon of hope they can post to prove how loyal they are.
OK BSers, time to send in another $27 and look for more Hillary hate to post here.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

11. Yes, if you ignore the votes of lots of Clinton's supporters, Sanders is winning.

Like a lot of other similar claims from the Sanders camp, it's an attempt to argue that the votes of people who support Sanders count more than the votes of people who support Clinton.

Unsurprisingly, the Clinton camp continues to insist that their votes matter just as much...