2016 Postmortem

JonLeibowitz

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44. True. I will say that without the NH indies, NH is most certainly a swing state come November.

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 03:30 AM

Feb 2016

Many of them may even be Dems, but have the literally independent streak in them -- that is, party politics mean little. I know if I were in NH I would be registered as an Indy. Since they have it set up so that you can register on the way in and deregister on the way out it seems ideal to me from the perspective of limiting what the government knows about me.

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New Hampshire Democrats turnout lower than 2008. [View all] Dawson Leery Feb 2016 OP

Amazing isn't it? RobertEarl Feb 2016 #1

Among the actual Dems who turned out in NH, Bernie and Hillary split the vote. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #4

Imagine that in a democratic primary! Fearless Feb 2016 #9

Screw the independents we need to win in November! n/t JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #39

I wouldn't say that. But the NH Indies are not the same demo as the GE independents. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #42

True. I will say that without the NH indies, NH is most certainly a swing state come November. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #44

Where is the Sanders revolution? Gothmog Feb 2016 #2

He's winning RobertEarl Feb 2016 #5

For this so-called revolution to work, turnout needs to go up and so far it has gone down Gothmog Feb 2016 #15

The revolution RobertEarl Feb 2016 #22

This revolution keeps moving? Are you sure that there will be one? Gothmog Feb 2016 #25

Jeeez RobertEarl Feb 2016 #29

Here is Sanders definition of revolution Gothmog Feb 2016 #45

well RobertEarl Feb 2016 #51

No one's voting for Hillary either, all this says is right now the democrats are headed for a loss JRLeft Feb 2016 #43

Did Hillary promise a revolution? Gothmog Feb 2016 #46

She promised a victory. JRLeft Feb 2016 #47

Sorry, Bernie Sanders. There is zero evidence of your �political revolution� yet Gothmog Feb 2016 #49

I get where you are coming from now RobertEarl Feb 2016 #52

Sanders campaign is premised on this revolution which is not occurring Gothmog Feb 2016 #53

It's in front of your face. Bonobo Feb 2016 #11

Lower turnout is a revolution? Gothmog Feb 2016 #13

No, drawing independents into the party is though. Bonobo Feb 2016 #18

Hillary was nearly 20,000 below her 2008 votes. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #28

Yup, and 40% were Independents in this Dem open primary. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #3

Goes to show Bernie attracts Indies RobertEarl Feb 2016 #6

Truly uncommitted voters, actual independents, are only about 10% of voters. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #8

LOL. And a pretty fucking important 10%! Bonobo Feb 2016 #12

Certainly, but the general electorate independents are not the same demo as the NH Indies. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #14

Some of them are. Bonobo Feb 2016 #19

Right-ooo RobertEarl Feb 2016 #16

No, we only see that NH Indies favor Bernie. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #27

Not only that RobertEarl Feb 2016 #31

Those younger women are not going to vote for the GOP in the GE. SunSeeker Feb 2016 #34

H can't win the GE RobertEarl Feb 2016 #36

Looks like Hillary couldn't get her supporters out ... ThePhilosopher04 Feb 2016 #7

Now that's an interesting statistic! Fearless Feb 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #20

His intention was to say dems dont vote, he should have said they wont vote for HRC litlbilly Feb 2016 #40

She got 38% of the vote. That's about the same as she did in 2008 (when she got 40%). nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #23

But she was running against 7 other candidates in 2008 Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #30

This is the take away. Well done. Nt. Juicy_Bellows Feb 2016 #24

Yeah I don't think the op thought this through. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #50

Democrats in 2008 were fed up with 7 years of Bush AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Feb 2016 #21

Indeed. moondust Feb 2016 #37

Gonna be a problem in November... TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #26

H can't win a GE RobertEarl Feb 2016 #32

Based on the turnout numbers so far... TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #33

Holy shit. That's absolutely ridiculous Number23 Feb 2016 #35

Well if that is the case, it can be attributed at least partly to the fact the party is so silvershadow Feb 2016 #38

Why would turnout be high OZi Feb 2016 #41

Well, a lot of the ones who did turn out voted for Sanders and shunned Hillary. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #48

There should be some sobering moments newblewtoo Feb 2016 #54