Turnout between parties was roughly equal? Was that expected?
Congratulations on winning yet another state that will never vote for a Democrat in the fall. It should be no surprise that Clinton is popular in red states.
Not only are you right, but you have put your finger on the single most important story to come out of the evening. I noticed that, as well, and had just done my own math before seeing your comment. And there is even a broader story here, and that is that there are a whole bunch of southern states that can be flipped to D (and where Obama kept it closer than people think) if the D constituency votes, perhaps helped along a bit by a few disaffected Rs. It would be nice if TPM did a little long form journalism on this. Not just N. Carolina, but S. Carolina and Georgia, and, of course, Louisiana, which has just elected a Democratic Governor.
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You live in a small circle.
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So then I guess Obama winning red state primaries in 2008 don’t count then, either.
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And you think Kansas and Nebraska are going to vote for the Democrat in November? Your pouting is getting seriously irrational.
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Yep. That is what jumped out the most to me about yesterday’s numbers. That and HRC’s margin of victory. Except for VT and KS she gets around 40+% of the vote in her losses which creates a pretty even delegate split. Except IA,NV and MA,her wins have been by 30+ points which nets her a big delegate haul. Unless Bern pulls off an upset somewhere on 3/8 or 3/15,the math catches up to him on 3/16.
Michigan is this Tuesday. Illinois,Florida and Ohio are on 3/15. Bernie’s chance to prove himself is coming up.
That depends on which pol, which talking head or which Party you get your info from.
I think that it ought to be because people are inspired to vote for their candidate and against as well as for their Party and against.
The nutbag Party will vote against their own side but once it all gets real, they’ll come out in droves to vote against to vote against their own self interests.
Go figure?