Foreigner has question about primaries [View all]

[DetlefK]

As I understood it, Hillary Clinton is faring better than Bernie Sanders in red states. Is that correct?


Now, let's assume that Bernie Sanders is faring better than HRC in blue states.
Wouldn't that make Hillary Clinton the candidate of choice for the Democrats?


In a broad generalization:

- HRC winning Democrats in a red state means that she's culturally more in tune with that state than Bernie. And that means that she has a good chance to siphon republican voters in that state in the general election. At the same time, Bernie is doing better in a blue state than HRC, meaning that he's culturally more in tune with that state than HRC. Bernie has a worse chance to siphon republican voters in the general election.

- On the other side, blue states in general can be considered relatively safe, because the republican candidates are exceptionally horrible this election-year. It's unlikely that the republican candidate will make significant wins in a blue state.



Yes, it's just a broad generalization, it's cold-hearted politics, the red-state-blue-state antagonism is unrealistic and my personal political preferences are closer to those of Bernie Sanders, but still...

If HRC is better at winning votes in red states than Bernie, and if there's little risk for blue states to flip red, wouldn't that make HRC the better candidate?