2016 Postmortem

Attorney in Texas

(3,373 posts) Wed Jun 1, 2016, 01:16 PM Jun 2016

Sanders has already won most of the West and North states; will he also carry most Central states? [View all]

West Coast: Sanders (at least 4 out of 5 states on the Pacific)

Alaska - Sanders
California -???
Hawaii - Sanders
Oregon - Sanders
Washington - Sanders

North: Sanders (at least 8 out of 14 remaining states on the northern border)

Idaho - Sanders
Illinois - Hillary
Indiana - Sanders
Maine - Sanders
Michigan - Sanders
Minnesota - Sanders
Montana - ???
New Hampshire - Sanders
New York - Hillary
North Dakota - ???
Ohio - Hillary
Pennsylvania - Hillary
Vermont - Sanders
Wisconsin - Sanders

South: Hillary (give her credit, she swept the 13 states of the Old South)

Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
Virginia

Central: Sanders (leads Hillary 8 to 7 out of 18 states with 3 decided next week)

Arizona - Hillary
Colorado - Sanders
Connecticut - Hillary
Delaware - Hillary
Iowa - Hilary
Kansas - Sanders
Maryland - Hillary
Massachusetts - Hillary
Nebraska - Sanders
Nevada - Hillary
New Jersey - ???
New Mexico - ???
Oklahoma - Sanders
Rhode Island - Sanders
South Dakota - ???
Utah - Sanders
West Virginia - Sanders
Wyoming - Sanders

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Sanders has already won most of the West and North states; will he also carry most Central states? [View all] Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 OP

Hunh?? Democrats Ascendant Jun 2016 #1

How many of Bernie's "wins" have come in states with caucuses of open primaries? tonyt53 Jun 2016 #2

Sanders actually doesn't do that well in primaries, regardless of if they are open or closed mythology Jun 2016 #26

Exactly tonyt53 Jun 2016 #51

What is this? Some new form of #berniemath? YouDig Jun 2016 #3

BernieMath - ways to use numbers to prove any point. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #9

How many losses came before his name was even known? libdem4life Jun 2016 #4

Momentum? Not all that much. onenote Jun 2016 #14

He wasn't even known for half of the time thus far. I know this is libdem4life Jun 2016 #15

"The further away from the public...HRC stays, the better she does." demwing Jun 2016 #23

Yet he's still losing as many as he wins despite being known onenote Jun 2016 #37

Of the legion of invalid excuses, that is the LAMEST invalid excuse. Seriously. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #38

I don't like to respond to such lack of serious discourse. It's unbecoming. libdem4life Jun 2016 #48

Well let's see . . IOWA where Sanders declared a "virtual tie" is in the Northeast now? Or not early Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #53

Well, I don't have hysteria. I never said all/non/never... libdem4life Jun 2016 #56

Ok so what was your point here? You just said stuff, but it wasn't based on facts Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #61

Most of her most so called lead in the popular votes came then madokie Jun 2016 #77

A new and improved format of "Hillary won the Confederacy", eh? LanternWaste Jun 2016 #5

I'll give 'em extra credit for all the creativity! Democrats Ascendant Jun 2016 #6

In other words, all those pesky AA voters didn't see the light. Beacool Jun 2016 #18

That and two bucks will get him a cup of coffee... SidDithers Jun 2016 #7

How about by population? HappyinLA Jun 2016 #8

That doesn't matter ... On DU, a win over the Toledo Mud Hens is equal to ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #93

Hillary has regional appeal and is losing most contests outside of her region. Vote2016 Jun 2016 #10

Yup. She appeals to populated regions. Democrats Ascendant Jun 2016 #16

No modern party nominee has lost so many states and gone forward to win in November Vote2016 Jun 2016 #36

That's not how the General works. Democrats Ascendant Jun 2016 #57

Yes, that IS how general elections work. Weak primary candidates lose general elections. Vote2016 Jun 2016 #58

The 2008 primary race was more competitive and Obama had no trouble winning in November. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #84

Sanders will win more states than Hillary won in 2008. Your "binary map" blather is as unpersuasive Vote2016 Jun 2016 #86

Do you even comprehend why binary maps are misleading? Garrett78 Jun 2016 #87

Indeed, the region called "United States of America" has awarded her the nomination in a landslide. BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #50

What does "landslide" mean in your language? Vote2016 Jun 2016 #62

last time I looked...hillary has beaten sanders in every category by huge numbers that beachbum bob Jun 2016 #11

beachbum bob�How has Hillary performed with those 18�29? � CobaltBlue Jun 2016 #64

how did sanders do with the over 55? The minorities?? beachbum bob Jun 2016 #65

beachbum�Please answer, rather than deflect, my question. CobaltBlue Jun 2016 #76

But your not counting, Field Goals ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #94

Or another way to look at it: Clinton has won 12 of the states carried by Obama onenote Jun 2016 #12

Hillary has 3 Million + more votes than Bernie redstateblues Jun 2016 #13

This meme is getting old. I'm not even going to be the 51st poster libdem4life Jun 2016 #49

Only a cipher would say Florida is part of the Old South. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #17

I guess your history book was a cipher and I don't recall Nevada or Arizona having Pacific Ocean Vote2016 Jun 2016 #63

I know ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #95

How many of those southern states will she win in the GE? B Calm Jun 2016 #19

Two of the three most important swing states-FL and VA. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #20

That's all? Hoping it would be better than that. B Calm Jun 2016 #21

What other southern states beside FL, VA, and NC has any Dem* carried this decade ? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #22

Here's the map. B Calm Jun 2016 #25

Gore and Kerry carried no southern states. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #29

Click the link I added B Calm Jun 2016 #30

Let's carefully avoid asking the same question in regards to Sanders. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #32

Come On, Utah!!! 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #97

not a damned one /nt demwing Jun 2016 #27

So we can take out Idaho, Utah, Nebraska, Wyoming, Alaska, Kansas and Oklahoma mythology Jun 2016 #33

Good point! B Calm Jun 2016 #34

Give it up book_worm Jun 2016 #24

Odd to claim NV and AZ are Central States... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #31

Sanders is undeafeated if you only count the states he won. Renew Deal Jun 2016 #28

These binary maps are terribly, terribly misleading. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #35

Yep. NurseJackie Jun 2016 #60

What kind of loopy-dippy system groups Massachusetts with...Oklahoma as "Central" ??? Tarc Jun 2016 #39

How about we dismiss these binary maps altogether? Garrett78 Jun 2016 #42

Lol @ loopy-dippy Quayblue Jun 2016 #46

Hill appeals to the redder portions of the country senz Jun 2016 #40

One of the many false yet popular DU memes. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #41

Hillary won the South on the strength of the African-American vote Tarc Jun 2016 #54

And she appeals to the less white portions of the country, as well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #98

Please don't give credence to the Clinton-Red argument. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #99

This is true; but, I just could let it pass ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 #107

"(give her credit, she swept the 13 states of the Old South) " Ferd Berfel Jun 2016 #43

If it weren't for caucuses where would Sanders be? nt Jitter65 Jun 2016 #44

Out of the race. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #45

Funny how Hillary never once complained about caucuses while she was in Iowa. Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #108

Who said she was complaining about them now? Garrett78 Jun 2016 #109

Who has more delegates? PeaceNikki Jun 2016 #47

Doesn't amount to a small pile of dogshit, though. Darb Jun 2016 #52

All those ACRES and not so many DELEGATES. NurseJackie Jun 2016 #55

There are multiple problems with these binary maps. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #59

1,769 - 1,501 - that's all that matters DrDan Jun 2016 #66

Go Bernie!! Major Hogwash Jun 2016 #67

Population represented by Hillary: 213,324,491 Population represented by Bernie: 66,279,893 Sancho Jun 2016 #68

Hillary won IL, NY, and PA which have more people than all the other "North" states combined oberliner Jun 2016 #69

Can you tell me how NV, AZ, CO, and NM became Central States? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #71

It's a bizarre premise oberliner Jun 2016 #72

My friend is a member of The Inner Circle of Advocates, you can google it. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #75

Sanders OWNS the states where almost no one lives. JoePhilly Jun 2016 #70

Only #BernieGeography could put Idaho and NY in the same geographical region, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #73

Try to create your own 4 regions that encompass about a quarter of of the Democratic vote where the Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #79

"NY and Idaho are both on the Northern border of the US". Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #80

Is your eye immune from perceiving the fact that Hillary's and Sanders' strongest states cluster Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #81

Do you not see the numerous flaws with binary maps? Garrett78 Jun 2016 #82

As the lawyers say "res ipsa loquitur". DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #83

You can chop the country into 9 pieces instead of 4 regions, but result in the same. Sanders is Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #85

My mom was a successful litigant in a med-mal case that cost millions of dollars ... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #88

I used YOUR map. Hillary's just unappealing North of the 42nd parallel and West of the 95th Meridian Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #89

I used to go to the court house to read the depositions. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #90

I believe Hillary's unfavorable and untrustworthy rating is higher than any Democratic candidate Attorney in Texas Jun 2016 #92

My mom was an incredible woman. There is not a day I don't think of her quiet bravery. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #100

He/she refuses to acknowledge the multiple glaring flaws with binary maps. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #96

STATES ARE PEOPLE, TOO, MY FRIEND! randome Jun 2016 #101

I don't want to beat a dead horse but at the end of the day people vote not acreage. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #102

Yep, that's what I was referencing in post #82. Garrett78 Jun 2016 #105

Sanders vs Trump, Sanders will probably carry 50 states. B Calm Jun 2016 #74

And yet he still trails by millions of votes n/t sharp_stick Jun 2016 #78

Old south = dog whistle workinclasszero Jun 2016 #91

your guy lost. GET OVER IT ALREADY still_one Jun 2016 #103

But will they still get the free stuff - college education and healthcare if they do? tonyt53 Jun 2016 #104

they should go ask their leader. Good one tony still_one Jun 2016 #106