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Hillary Clinton

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11. Turnout compared to 2008...

Wed May 4, 2016, 12:17 PM

May 2016

was about half as much!

2008 1,278,296. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Democratic_primary,_2008

2016 - so far with +99% total reporting - 628,857. http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/indiana

I spent many a primary thinking, "When it's over, why bother?"

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AP Exit Poll: [View all] yallerdawg May 2016 OP

"...Sanders more inspirational and honest.. " lol smh Cha May 2016 #1

Only because the media failed in its duty to vet him, at all. nt IamMab May 2016 #9

Inspirational??? LOL. Inspiring others to hate the wealthy, livetohike May 2016 #12

Great graphic! Thanks for posting this. livetohike May 2016 #18

U2, livetohike! Cha May 2016 #19

What I find interesting is how uniform Funtatlaguy May 2016 #2

Everyone except those the AP identifies as... yallerdawg May 2016 #4

She's got this one... Treant May 2016 #5

Lol....I misread that at first Funtatlaguy May 2016 #7

Most definitely not! Treant May 2016 #17

K&R! stonecutter357 May 2016 #3

Yikes LannyDeVaney May 2016 #6

um.... sarae May 2016 #14

that leaped out at me as well. KittyWampus May 2016 #15

Same pattern all over ismnotwasm May 2016 #8

Turnout compared to 2008... yallerdawg May 2016 #11

Yeah he is bringing millions of new voters to livetohike May 2016 #13