2016 Postmortem

SoLeftIAmRight

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14. i do not like this fact

Reply to stone space (Reply #13)

Sun Jan 17, 2016, 10:50 AM

Jan 2016

the south will not help us win in the general - why let them pick our candidate

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Red states should not be considered "wins" in the primaries [View all] SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 OP

Good thing rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #1

not in the gereral - when did SC last vote blue??? SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #3

This is directed at Sourh Carolina? Oh, good grief! stone space Jan 2016 #15

Bama Tenn Texas? all the red states - How a Dem does in the red states SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #17

OK, I'm out. If anybody asks, the alerter was me. (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #19

1976 demwing Jan 2016 #25

There are a lot good people in SC rbrnmw Jan 2016 #30

This is a primary rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #52

I guess you don't believe in Democracy. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #2

do you understand that solid red state voters do NOTHING for us in the general SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #5

Clearly you fail to realize red state Democrats count as well. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #10

care about them??? SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #12

Who the hell are you to say they do nothing for us? hrmjustin Jan 2016 #16

no - SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #20

Your arguement holds true tazkcmo Jan 2016 #29

it is not about denying voters SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #32

Your OP is about denying voters. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #35

no no no - I just point out that I do not see.. SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #38

Then maybe you need to edit. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #43

Why do you want to disenfranchise these voters? To boost Sanders? hrmjustin Jan 2016 #49

By that token, what do blue states do? Travis_0004 Jan 2016 #59

Two things. First, it doesn't matter if those states don't help in the general... thesquanderer Jan 2016 #18

all i am saying is SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #28

Ah, I agree with you on that. (n/t) thesquanderer Jan 2016 #40

That's silly. Democrats in those states deserve a voice. stone space Jan 2016 #4

sad fact SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #8

So cut the Democrats in those state off, and let them fend for themselves. stone space Jan 2016 #13

i do not like this fact SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #14

So what would you do? tazkcmo Jan 2016 #22

Bless your heart rbrnmw Jan 2016 #39

I feel the same about California SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #41

Ohio will probably go to Hillary rbrnmw Jan 2016 #55

No that would be silly demwing Jan 2016 #33

Yah fuck the democrats who live in red states, who cares about those idiots... Agschmid Jan 2016 #6

Oh boy. It burns cali Jan 2016 #7

Conservative states select conservative Dems PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #9

That may or may not be true. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #24

I do not agree with denying them a voice. PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #27

Yes, I do. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #31

Ok, here is a start PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #37

denying them a voice. SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #36

There are Democrats in every state, and they have MineralMan Jan 2016 #11

Finally! tazkcmo Jan 2016 #21

yes it's nice rbrnmw Jan 2016 #57

Stupid post redstateblues Jan 2016 #23

That would effectively silence the minority vote. sufrommich Jan 2016 #26

Stupid is as Stupid does. The last Democrat to apply a less than 50 state strategy lost! Ford_Prefect Jan 2016 #34

Some of the good things about those early little influential often red states are HereSince1628 Jan 2016 #42

Maybe you are only looking at a few years of elections Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #44

The primaries reflect Democratic voters underpants Jan 2016 #45

LOL MuseRider Jan 2016 #46

gee almost like you don't want black folk to have a voice dsc Jan 2016 #47

Yes isn't that interesting? rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #54

Yes, only states that will sufficiently coddle Bernie matter. R B Garr Jan 2016 #48

I get the logic ShrimpPoboy Jan 2016 #50

maybe our votes won't carry a win in a red state for the GE unapatriciated Jan 2016 #51

Nice way to ensure that any state that goes red, stays red. delrem Jan 2016 #53

Wait, I thought Bernie..... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jan 2016 #56

I need both more faces and more palms to properly face palm this mythology Jan 2016 #58

The Delegate allocation formula effectively does weight "bluer" state more than "red" states onenote Jan 2016 #60