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2016 Postmortem

Armstead

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16. Just sayin....would like to see consistency in weighing the merits

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #15)

Wed May 11, 2016, 02:01 PM

May 2016

I'm not talking about racial issues or anything else -- fact is, the southern conservative vote is likely to defeat either Clinton or Sanders in those states in November.

So demeaning Sanders win while pumping up Clinton for other "ungettable" states is a double standard. Especially since Clintonites also like to bash Bernie for stating that electoral reality.

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West Virginia's Heir Apparent Has Been Revealed! [View all] BootinUp May 2016 OP

40% of Sanders voters would vote for Trump over Sanders in WV. LexVegas May 2016 #1

False. Have fun though. nt bunnies May 2016 #4

Sort of OT, but have you ever watched The Wild, Wonderful Whites of West Virginia CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #5

I've seen it. Very good. nt LexVegas May 2016 #6

The choice was Clinton, Trump or Neither. bunnies May 2016 #2

No, They asked the question both with Clinton AND Bernie BootinUp May 2016 #7

Im having a fuck of a time making sense of that info. bunnies May 2016 #10

Yes, the second one. The same table with same data is at nbc.com too BootinUp May 2016 #11

Jesus. Thats fucked. Im blown away. Seriously. bunnies May 2016 #12

A choice between Clinton and Trump for the voters who voted for Bernie. It looks like ABBH to me. Autumn May 2016 #3

It was also polled as a choice between Bernie and Trump in Nov. BootinUp May 2016 #8

I love this bashing of the Conservative South when it fits the Clinton narrative Armstead May 2016 #9

If showing that W. VA is going puke this year is bashing BootinUp May 2016 #13

Most of the southern states are also likely to Armstead May 2016 #14

I am not diminishing his win, I am saying he would have no chance in Nov. BootinUp May 2016 #15

Just sayin....would like to see consistency in weighing the merits Armstead May 2016 #16

You are just arm waving though, and throwing around terms like demeaning. BootinUp May 2016 #17

I'm sorry I got overwhelmed by your ever so much deeper real data Armstead May 2016 #18