2016 Postmortem

bvar22

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68. And there is no "vote count" in Caucus states,

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Thu May 5, 2016, 02:27 PM

May 2016

the majority of which Sanders won BIG.
"Vote Count" in a Democratic Primary is worse than worthless....
It is misleading.

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Democratic Party leaders "are dissociated from the mood of the nation, and they do not care" [View all] imagine2015 May 2016 OP

More people are voting for Hillary. That's the only response. Metric System May 2016 #1

Do you have an answer that isnt an emailed out DNC talking point? AgingAmerican May 2016 #6

News flash; elections are won by the candidate with the most votes Tarc May 2016 #8

Really? Al Gore had the most votes when he ran for President against Bush. You didn't know that? imagine2015 May 2016 #10

Stay in your lane, bro Tarc May 2016 #11

Damn Tarc is trying to bring us to heel timmymoff May 2016 #16

This is not true at all TimPlo May 2016 #35

Silly seems to be today's distributed talking point. HooptieWagon May 2016 #52

No they're not. Just ask Al Gore. jillan May 2016 #70

Except for people under 40, working class whites, college students, progressives, young women, imagine2015 May 2016 #9

I missed the part where those peoples votes count more. iandhr May 2016 #12

Easy: young voters count more because people die. ieoeja May 2016 #63

Her demo is so close to the Republican demo it's mindblowing. Ed Suspicious May 2016 #34

Probably because that's the demo where the voters are nt Progressive dog May 2016 #61

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Do voters not matter? Agschmid May 2016 #41

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #57

truthfully none of us know what the true vote counts were in most states questionseverything May 2016 #58

And there is no "vote count" in Caucus states, bvar22 May 2016 #68

Thomas Frank knows what he's talking about. Thanks for this! K&R!! haikugal May 2016 #2

Thomas Frank telling it like it is. BillZBubb May 2016 #3

+1,000 n/t LarryNM May 2016 #5

Hey, shouldn't the "Third Way" be the third party? WE are the real Democrats. pdsimdars May 2016 #24

Correct - the question is "How do we get them out the door?" jwirr May 2016 #71

Yep, socially moderate (not even socially liberal) and neo-conservative...... socialist_n_TN May 2016 #54

It doesn't matter if the DNC cares or not... dubyadiprecession May 2016 #4

Good luck forcing independent voters to be loyal Democratic voters. (nt) w4rma May 2016 #7

good luck forcing this long time dem timmymoff May 2016 #17

This isn't even a war of political parties anymore. VulgarPoet May 2016 #22

I think a lot of people still do not understand that both parties in their past/current form are Hiraeth May 2016 #44

+1 vintx May 2016 #47

Good. VulgarPoet May 2016 #55

yes, it is exciting. watching people STAND UP Hiraeth May 2016 #56

It is about class warfare timmymoff May 2016 #62

"A riot is the language of the unheard" loyalsister May 2016 #65

I don't see why I have respect crap. Whenever we break through many of them will hop the fence to TheKentuckian May 2016 #13

Respect works both ways pengu May 2016 #53

Great article. Thanks! pat_k May 2016 #14

There are those on the far left who seem to struggle with a very very basic concept. iandhr May 2016 #15

It's Hillary's fault she doesnt appeal to a large portion of Americans timmymoff May 2016 #18

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btw, you are NOT .... what he said. good hide, jury. Hiraeth May 2016 #46

Ironically poor grammar, as well. The correct way would be "you're", a contraction of "you are". Electric Monk May 2016 #64

However you are overlooking an important fact - truedelphi May 2016 #20

You sum it up perfectly. Hill will not win. yourpaljoey May 2016 #33

What you people don't seem to get is that Democrats are only about 30% of voters pdsimdars May 2016 #25

Since DumbassDebbie rigged the primary process to favor Hillary ... FreakinDJ May 2016 #29

It's astounding that they don't see it. nt vintx May 2016 #50

She's personally responsible for the profusion of independents. lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #49

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"members of the party" Members? You're not a member of the Democratic Party! Are you? imagine2015 May 2016 #66

Frank is correct! NewImproved Deal May 2016 #21

AND we break TWO records, first woman and first candidate under FBI criminal investigation pdsimdars May 2016 #26

Don't forget 1st impeached spouse libdem4life May 2016 #51

It's been said a million times FlatBaroque May 2016 #23

"because it’s her turn" FreakinDJ May 2016 #27

I think a better reason is that she won the delegates and popular vote Demsrule86 May 2016 #30

Why do you keep "quoting" something that only you and other Sanders supporters say? randome May 2016 #31

I was quoting Print Media FreakinDJ May 2016 #32

The media also sometimes says that Obama is an American-hating Muslim. randome May 2016 #36

Why because the Dems won't give Bernie the nomination he was unable to earn? Demsrule86 May 2016 #28

I'm starting to believe the Dudebros want President Trump Blue_Tires May 2016 #37

break[ing] up Wall Street banks ...would not also end racism and sexism lagomorph777 May 2016 #40

Hillary is right, America is already great, for the one percent. ViseGrip May 2016 #42

This is an excellent description of the reason not just Hillary's team should be worried vintx May 2016 #43

Exactly lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #45

Superb article. +1 99Forever May 2016 #48

at both the state and national levels. nt antigop May 2016 #59

The people who vote are voting for Hillary Progressive dog May 2016 #60

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2016 #67

DURec. bvar22 May 2016 #69