Discussion: Hillary Clinton Sweeps The Swing State Of Virginia

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This is not going to be a late night.

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She is the projected winner of Georgia, Virginia
Sanders wins Vermont

Rubio is getting the educated voters and late deciders
Trump is getting ā€œthe poorly educatedā€

ROTFLMAO

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You go girl

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Poorly educatedā€¦ (snicker). Fine Trump ā€¦have yer poorly edumacated cletus followers. Have fun ā€˜splaininā€™ how bills turn into laws.

Sigh

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This is one of the few races this evening, where seeing the margins and the ext polling breakouts will be important.

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The Hispanic vote is expected to grow by two points in 2016 compared to what it was in 2012 when Romney lost in the state to Obama. Meanwhile, the white vote is expected to shrink by more than two points.

A swing state with these demographics? Bodes well for Hillary, regardless if itā€™s Trump, Cruz, or Rubio.

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Not so sure. Minnesota and Colorado will be a fight I think.

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Feel the #HeartBern

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If Drumpf is getting the late deciders who are poorly educated, Cruz is headed to defeat.

Virginia is a bell weather state. If Hillary wins by a hefty margin, itā€™ll be a very good sign for her.

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Sandersā€™ supporters are still in it for the long haul, just as Ms. Clinton was in 2008 in her campaign. Without further comment, I will post here what Robert Reich, the Secretary of Labor in Bill Clintonā€™s cabinet, posted on Facebook:

"Regardless of how well Bernie does today, the media will say Hillary is now the Democratic candidate. Baloney. The ā€œmomentumā€ theory of politics is based on momentum stories the media itself generates. Donā€™t succumb to the ā€œmomentumā€ game. Regardless of what happens today, this race is still very much alive, for at least 3 reasons:

  1. In the next few months the primary map starts tilting in Bernieā€™s favor: In later March: Maine, Michigan, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Arizona, Washington state, and Hawaii. In April: Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. In May: Indiana and Oregon. In June, California, New Jersey, and New Mexico.
  1. Small-donor contributions continue to flow in to Bernieā€™s campaign. In February, the campaign raised a whopping $42 million. South Carolinaā€™s loss didnā€™t stop the flow: The campaign received $6 million on Monday alone.

The third reason he gives refers to Bernieā€™s campaign as a movement, but I think the first two reasons are sufficient.

My feeling is that this entire election has too many moving parts and galvanizing characters for anyone to say with absolute certainty whatā€™s going to happen one way or the other. Who could have predicted that blowhard drumpf would rise to such stature amongst the GOP electorate? I certainly am astounded.

We live in interesting times. I wish we didnā€™t.

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Awesome.

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Totally agree.

Since the other thread wonā€™t open, interesting that Rube is giving Drumpf a run for the money in VA. Alberta Rafael coming in 3rd there. 3rd seems to be a habit for Alberta.

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That region of VA, the Northern Virginia, itā€™s called ā€“ the city suburbs of Washington, D.C., is full of old money GOPers. Very much like the San Francisco Bay Area, where a pretty high percentage of the population is college-educated. Since Rubio has done fairly well with that demographic, heā€™s doing well here today.

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Itā€™s such a teaseā€¦

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GOTCHA!

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Especially when they open 2 threads for each friggin state. A cumulative thread with updates would be far better.

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I find that very interesting too

How proud are you of your home state tonight BC?

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