2016 Postmortem

George II

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37. Are you serious? Is that poll serious?

Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:17 PM

Feb 2016

How can he be ahead in the national poll when he's trailing by 15-20 or more in most of the big states? It's mathematically impossible.

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The Harsh Realities Hillary Supporters Are Going To Face [View all] JustAMaverick Feb 2016 OP

but she's blowing him out by 7 points! MisterP Feb 2016 #1

When 2 months ago on the same poll he was down 25....and Reuters JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #31

Sorry, Voters in the General Election favor Bernie over Hillary ultragreen Feb 2016 #70

exactly (I was sarcastically imitating the flacks who gleefully reported for months that MisterP Feb 2016 #71

yea right..n/t asuhornets Feb 2016 #2

Golly. OilemFirchen Feb 2016 #3

It will not be as easy for her Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2016 #4

.... LexVegas Feb 2016 #5

I expected her to sweep SC with 95% of the votes... FarPoint Feb 2016 #6

It was so close. grossproffit Feb 2016 #9

So true, we need to up our game. Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #13

Oh my GOD, this place is so much freaking fun today! Number23 Feb 2016 #72

We just dipped below a 50% spread. Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #74

SC: 74%-26%, to be accurate, and 39-14 in delegates JackRiddler Feb 2016 #65

Enemy of the people! Codeine Feb 2016 #7

LOL. Love this. bettyellen Feb 2016 #92

Well ... I've thought about that, and here's what I think ... NurseJackie Feb 2016 #8

Reads like sour grapes CorkySt.Clair Feb 2016 #10

South Carolina, one of the poorest, least educated, bigoted, home of jim crow and rabid right wing.. JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #17

Wah wah wah CorkySt.Clair Feb 2016 #18

It's the African American vote that won it for the most part. So rethink that one. nolabear Feb 2016 #21

I refer to people in poverty without access to social media JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #28

So you decide who to vote for based on social media. brer cat Feb 2016 #88

Stop accusing anyone who does not support Hillary of being a bigot. notadmblnd Feb 2016 #53

Which, in the GE, will count for precisely nothing. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #84

bernie who?? DrDan Feb 2016 #45

Well, congratulations, then NastyRiffraff Feb 2016 #83

Hillary will win New York...Illinois...Texas..California....easily... beachbumbob Feb 2016 #11

You need to keep checking those polls JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #19

That's why she's ahead by double digits in most primary states FloridaBlues Feb 2016 #30

NY Times SC Exit Poll: 17-29 years old Sanders: 63 Clinton: 37 PADemD Feb 2016 #46

So I guess that shows us how Bernie won so handily. brer cat Feb 2016 #89

We're working on it! PADemD Feb 2016 #90

You're ignoring Wild Wonderful West Virginia: k8conant Feb 2016 #55

When you cut through the highfalutin language DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #12

You have been sleeping. Yes the majority of polls show an ever diminshing lead still.... JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #15

Bookmark this post DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #22

That is the bogus poll where you can set your own values. Lucinda Feb 2016 #39

He's not a Hillary supporter... Historic NY Feb 2016 #67

Quite true. And this one is especially worthless Lucinda Feb 2016 #69

The same language has been used in twitter posts. Historic NY Feb 2016 #80

There is an unfortunate elitist mentality in some corners of our party Lucinda Feb 2016 #82

Here's the Mother of All Polls (It doesn't support Hillary) ultragreen Feb 2016 #75

If you believe the poll you cited is dispositive. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #86

She won't exit the stage until you has her pound of flesh. nt silvershadow Feb 2016 #14

... rbrnmw Feb 2016 #16

If I am incorrect in assessing you are African American I apologize... JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #24

holy **** Dem2 Feb 2016 #33

It isn't just conservatives who see the world through a crude racial prism. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #36

What is a "crude racial prism"? sammythecat Feb 2016 #50

They see the world through the lens of white superiority./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #52

How can a person post something like that? Dem2 Feb 2016 #51

"least likely to have access to social media" is the harsh reality for Sanders supporters, really Tarc Feb 2016 #20

The young still think and are not caught up in a lifetime of political dogma. JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #25

Then why didn't they vote for him in SC? randome Feb 2016 #38

"A lifetime of political dogma..." kjones Feb 2016 #60

Or, many people just don't agree with Bernie MaggieD Feb 2016 #23

If you don't realize that there is only one issue....saving our democracy and our lives... JustAMaverick Feb 2016 #27

So overwrought MaggieD Feb 2016 #34

capitalism needs to be bailed out every 50 years more like forjusticethunders Feb 2016 #43

no one is talking about throwing out capitalism or adopting socialism; read some basic history amborin Feb 2016 #57

When you call it a 'revolution' that is what people think MaggieD Feb 2016 #58

Evidently some have chosen not to think. JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #79

You have incredible power to be able to speak for all humanity in that way. kristopher Feb 2016 #85

Many prefer not to believe what you are saying. It's not without reason that Cal33 Feb 2016 #48

LOL, I always are entertained by your posts. nt Logical Feb 2016 #59

Have a good day today, and pass it on... MoonRiver Feb 2016 #26

Welcome to DU...nt SidDithers Feb 2016 #29

Is it possible not enough people like Bernie? gwheezie Feb 2016 #32

+1 MaggieD Feb 2016 #35

Well, Bernie is hoping to pick up delegates in the states with less minorites-- riversedge Feb 2016 #42

Question of the Day, Wheezie. Number23 Feb 2016 #73

Are you serious? Is that poll serious? George II Feb 2016 #37

He's linking to the bogus Reuters poll numbers Lucinda Feb 2016 #40

I don't know how someone could be ahead in the "national poll" who is behind in 40+ states..... George II Feb 2016 #41

He isn't. That was a poll that someone tweaked to show Bernie ahead, and the "news" picked it up Lucinda Feb 2016 #44

This made me laugh. grossproffit Feb 2016 #47

I was trying to think of a way to say that if they really care jwirr Feb 2016 #49

SC is a solid GOP state and will go Rep again in the GE. Who is surprised its her kind of place? leveymg Feb 2016 #54

True beltanefauve Feb 2016 #91

The harsh reality is that the victims of oppression seems to support Hillary more than Bernie n/t Onlooker Feb 2016 #56

What a condescending OP. Does this poster really think that this sort of nonsense helps Bernie? Trust Buster Feb 2016 #61

you don't have many posts there bud... mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #62

i actually agree with this. nt retrowire Feb 2016 #63

I think you are on the right track humbled_opinion Feb 2016 #64

Keep dreaming. Nice guy, but a self-declared socialist is mincemeat in the GE. RBInMaine Feb 2016 #66

What is Hillary's path to victory in the General Election? Beowulf Feb 2016 #78

An enemy of the people? seriously? Chico Man Feb 2016 #68

Do you have any evidence to substantiate these assertion's? giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #76

" abandon the democratic party to it's rightful doom"? Rightful doom? Glorfindel Feb 2016 #77

What are these numerous polls that show Bernie in the lead? Drunken Irishman Feb 2016 #81

It's been obvious for years, the people that run the Democratic Party want to rule from the center Umbral18 Feb 2016 #87