2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Even if you support Clinton, you should also be appalled by the media Bigfooting the voters [View all]tblue37
(66,148 posts)thus making her seem less popular than she is, but it could hurt her in other ways, too, so Hillary supporters should not be doing the end zone dance about this call. Calling the race before the last states get to vote--especially California, the big one--(1) could motivate annoyed Bernie supporters to get out and vote against her, just to send a message and (2)alienate people who are on the fence.
They have been hearing about supposed primary shenanigans from Bernie's supporters, and if they think Hillary's campaign is responsible for trying to preempt the voters in California and other late primaries, that could turn squishy voters against her, not just in the primary, but also in the GE.
I am a Bernie supporter, but I know Hillary is virtually certain to be our nominee, and I do not like the potential this has to turn some voters against our nominee in the GE.
I am glad she had the wisdom to push back against the premature call.
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