2016 Postmortem

Peacetrain

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40. 50 states and territories make up the primary/caucus season

Reply to Recursion (Reply #37)

Thu May 26, 2016, 07:57 PM

May 2016

not one state..

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ATTN!! if a candidate cannot win the primary / caucus they are running in [View all] Peacetrain May 2016 OP

Guess Donald Trump Kall May 2016 #1

YOu see Kasich in the running? Peacetrain May 2016 #3

You're just determined not to get it Kall May 2016 #8

John Kasich can be the president of Poll-Land. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #10

Kasich lost CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #46

Actually that doesn't necessarily follow as the electorate in the general election differs PoliticAverse May 2016 #2

If they cannot win their party .. Peacetrain May 2016 #4

So...Sanders can't possibly...win the GE? randome May 2016 #5

If he wins the Democratic primary caucus season.. Peacetrain May 2016 #6

Sorry, I see your point now. I had too many threads open. randome May 2016 #9

I do that sometimes too Peacetrain May 2016 #12

re: "whoever wins the nomination is the one the party thinks has the best option of winning the gen" thesquanderer May 2016 #20

Okay as I am asking others.. Peacetrain May 2016 #22

Ask Ike. whistler162 May 2016 #42

There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #7

But when 3 million others disagree with your interpretation, it MIGHT be time for a reassessment. randome May 2016 #11

Attention: you don't seem to know the difference between an opinion and a fact. Broward May 2016 #13

Well then you tell me how a canidate who has not won their partys primary/caucus season Peacetrain May 2016 #15

But Taft came in Third behind Roosevelt in 1912 ? Doesn't this throw a wrench into your cute theory? JonLeibowitz May 2016 #14

As I asked someone up the post.. tell me how this happens Peacetrain May 2016 #16

You haven't addressed my point which is that a LOSER from a primary did BETTER in GE in 1912 JonLeibowitz May 2016 #17

If you are talking about the Bull Moose party..it sank the republicans Peacetrain May 2016 #18

No...The Republicans sank the Bull Moose party. As I said, the Republicans came in THIRD. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #19

Here pull on your boots and wade back in .. again Peacetrain May 2016 #21

That's a weird claim (nt) Recursion May 2016 #23

I thought it was pretty straight forward... Peacetrain May 2016 #24

And I still see no basis for your claim Recursion May 2016 #25

Explain to me how that would work then Peacetrain May 2016 #26

Joe Lieberman Recursion May 2016 #28

This is GDP .. presidential elections with primary's and caucuses over 50 states Peacetrain May 2016 #32

OK, Obama lost the CA primary in 2008 Recursion May 2016 #37

50 states and territories make up the primary/caucus season Peacetrain May 2016 #40

Then you phrased your OP very badly Recursion May 2016 #41

Maybe I should have put season in there.. Peacetrain May 2016 #44

Really? tazkcmo May 2016 #27

Explain to me how it would work then with a candidate who did not win their partys nomination Peacetrain May 2016 #29

That's not what your OP says. tazkcmo May 2016 #31

Yep someoone else is pointing that out.. I assumed.. and we all know what that means Peacetrain May 2016 #45

wrong Bernie has the support of non democrats in Huuuuge numbers larkrake May 2016 #30

akay.. explain to me how it works Peacetrain May 2016 #35

I see your point, yet the OP is written to confuse. If You dont get on the ballots, you cannot win larkrake May 2016 #52

If a candidate can't win the GE, they have an obligation to drop out of the primaries. Chan790 May 2016 #33

why would you want anyone to drop out.. Peacetrain May 2016 #36

In Sanders case, it would be easy to actually do so in fact. Chan790 May 2016 #49

You are talking about a personal position.. Peacetrain May 2016 #50

he is already on the state ballots if he wins the nom larkrake May 2016 #54

absolutely not, he is the representative of his voters larkrake May 2016 #53

And btw tazkcmo May 2016 #34

yep.. and if she does not win.. the primary caucus season.. there is no way Peacetrain May 2016 #38

I don't know of any dem candidate up to sadoldgirl May 2016 #39

who ever wins the primary caucus season will the the Democratic nominee.. Peacetrain May 2016 #43

I am so amazed that you are looking for: sadoldgirl May 2016 #47

.. Hillary loses.. and Bernie wins on the second ballot.. Peacetrain May 2016 #48

You seem way too hung-up on something that is immaterial. Chan790 May 2016 #51

Any person in the primaries are on the ballots of those states, and remain on the ballots for the GE larkrake May 2016 #55

Maybe I don't understand your post TSIAS May 2016 #56

No, that is absolutely not the case. TDale313 May 2016 #57