Michigan was not an outlier

[malthaussen]

31. Definitely unexpected...

... if not unhoped-for. A number of pundits are having to adjust the vertical hold on their crystal balls after this one.

And Michigan has fewer "yeahbuts" than other states, where the showing of Mr Sanders has been written off as within expectations, because of the number of old white folks and students; and certainly fewer than where the showing of Mrs Clinton has been similarly attributed to strong support among AA voters. As with Minnesota, Michigan is closer to a "cross-section" of the U.S., and it is perhaps instructive that Mr Sanders has so strongly out-performed expectations in those two states.

I wonder how the Iowa caucus would go if it were held now, instead of first?

-- Mal