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femmocrat

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20. I voted for him in the PA primary.
Thu May 28, 2015, 07:20 PM
May 2015

Jackson did very well in the primaries that year:

In the Super Tuesday races, Dukakis won six primaries, to Gore's five, Jesse Jackson five and Gephardt one, with Gore and Jackson splitting the Southern states. The next week, Simon won Illinois with Jesse Jackson finishing second. 1988 remains the race with the most candidates winning primaries since the McGovern reforms of 1971. Jackson captured 6.9 million votes and won 11 contests: seven primaries (Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Virginia) and four caucuses (Delaware, Michigan, South Carolina and Vermont). Jackson also scored March victories in Alaska's caucuses and Texas's local conventions, despite losing the Texas primary. Briefly, after he won 55% of the vote in the Michigan Democratic caucus he had more pledged delegates than all the other candidates.

However, Jackson's campaign suffered a significant setback less than two weeks later when he was defeated handily in the Wisconsin primary by Michael Dukakis. Dukakis's win in New York and then in Pennsylvania effectively ended Jackson's hopes for the nomination.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1988

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I voted for Jesse Jackson in the California primary upaloopa May 2015 #1
So did I. eom MohRokTah May 2015 #2
So did I. Nt Stardust May 2015 #3
the lily white state of Vermont caucused for Jackson cali May 2015 #4
Jesse, 1984 Democratic Convention speech: Bluenorthwest May 2015 #5
At the time I was a kid enamored of Reagan and Republicans but that speech CreekDog May 2015 #7
Your post reminding me of that speech brings tears to my eyes. pangaia May 2015 #12
Thanks for posting that. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #31
A tremendous, iconic speech enigmatic May 2015 #34
So? No one is calling him a racist. His campaign, however, SUCKS when it comes to optics KittyWampus May 2015 #6
He declared a couple of days ago. pangaia May 2015 #13
yeah, you all keep denying that thread which started this all m-lekktor May 2015 #21
At least he did not bus a bunch of people in and do an invitation only gatherings like the Rs do. jwirr May 2015 #23
48 hours nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #24
Has Hillary had any campaign events open to the public yet? Bernie has had at least half a dozen so sabrina 1 May 2015 #41
Why would ANYONE be asking about his "stance on race"?? 7962 May 2015 #8
:>)))))))))) pangaia May 2015 #14
Me too. My favorite was years ago when we used to race our crawler tractors. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #30
Snort. pangaia May 2015 #37
Kinda made you cranky, Jackpine Radical May 2015 #39
Were you there watching ???? pangaia May 2015 #40
A trailer plow. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #42
I voted for him in the NY primary. rickford66 May 2015 #9
so did I G_j May 2015 #32
The PUMAs have their fingers in their ears Doctor_J May 2015 #10
using the puma card? why the fuck did i come in this thread to have a jab at serious conversation. seabeyond May 2015 #17
Why would a racist support Jesse Jackson? Enthusiast May 2015 #11
no one called him a racist. everyone knows this. and still the meme keeps being pushed. why? seabeyond May 2015 #16
because of the false claim that people who fight against economic inequality Ken Burch May 2015 #22
History tell us focus can be in one direction and minorities fall to the wayside. Why would any dem seabeyond May 2015 #26
You've never had any reason to think Bernie would let minorities fall by the wayside. Ken Burch May 2015 #27
you are not listening ken. henceforth, we have not been at the table. it is exclusively economics. seabeyond May 2015 #29
Bernie is going to say all that. Ken Burch May 2015 #33
i have said repeatedly, we have time to listen. i have also stated i would not make an issue seabeyond May 2015 #35
this is grand, what he did in '63. as are all his votes supporting minorities thru out his career. seabeyond May 2015 #15
Bernie and Hillary both need to address not just race Skidmore May 2015 #18
And he did that when Jesse was being falsely accused of antisemitism Ken Burch May 2015 #19
I voted for him in the PA primary. femmocrat May 2015 #20
I've always figured that Paul Simon was pushed to stay in through the Illinois primary Ken Burch May 2015 #28
You mean the REVEREND Jesse Jackson? See, Bernie Sanders is some kind of religious nut. hughee99 May 2015 #25
Not good enough, Bernie whatchamacallit May 2015 #36
Nothing will be good enough until that economic, foreign policy, corruption, capture, and civil TheKentuckian May 2015 #38
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