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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Indiana result represents a continuation of the pattern. [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(101,653 posts)30. Because

Dr. Larry J. Sabato is the founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. He is also the University Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and has had visiting appointments at Oxford University and Cambridge University in Great Britain. A Rhodes Scholar, he received his doctorate from Oxford, and he is the author or editor of two dozen books on American politics.
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And if that doesn't convince you:
http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/us-politics/us-presidential-election-2016/winner
And if that and that doesn't convince you:
I should note that the polls have been telling us this information for some time. In the first half of March, Clinton led Trump by a median of 9 percentage points. Using an SD of 4.5 percentage points, her win probability would come out as 93%. So todays estimate has been knowable for several months.
http://election.princeton.edu/2016/05/01/what-do-head-to-head-general-election-polls-tell-us-about-november/#more-15484
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No, they don't. Indiana fits his pattern of a state with few African American voters and an
pnwmom
May 2016
#2
Because by the time they started making decisions the deadlines had already passed.
RichVRichV
May 2016
#42
And the pattern is Hillary can't win the Independent vote that is critical to the General Election.
RichVRichV
May 2016
#19
Winning "leaning Dem" independents in the Dem primary does not predict that Bernie
pnwmom
May 2016
#25
Nate Silver also gave her a 90-something % chance of winning Indiana, as I recall.
JudyM
May 2016
#20
Whistling past the graveyard. If we let Hillary win the nomination, we'll have a Trump white house.
CentralCoaster
May 2016
#4
In the real world, Hillary has already won the nomination. Mathematically a win by Bernie
pnwmom
May 2016
#8
The two idiots the republicans ran against him couldn't cheat their way to a win at Solitaire.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2016
#43
Yes, she does. We just don't like giant rallies. But we do get out to vote -- and millions more
pnwmom
May 2016
#28
The Rethugs have a solid file of opposition research that they're salivating to use against Bernie.
pnwmom
May 2016
#10
You have personal, first-hand knowledge about this? If so you should share with this community.
JudyM
May 2016
#22