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From teh Google...
GOP = 1,258,565
DEM = 1,171,796
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)CrispyQ
(36,446 posts)Sanders supporters who have always voted will probably hold their noses & vote for HRC if she's the nom, but all the new voters that Sanders has brought out? I don't see them voting for HRC.
jpak
(41,757 posts)"If it wasn't for Bernie, we wouldn't give a fuck about this election"
CrispyQ
(36,446 posts)Using our young people as profit centers & saddling them with tens of thousands of dollars of debt right out of the gate! What moron thought that was a good idea? Some greedy fuck, that's who. The demcratic party better wake up. Young people don't have years of loyalty to them & even some of us old farts are getting tired of having our vote taken for granted every election.
MagickMuffin
(15,933 posts)because if they don't vote and the Grand Obstructionist Party contains control of the 3 branches of government then they will only have themselves to blame for what happens to their country.
Do they think that Trump, Cruz, or Rubio care about their interests? To answer this for them, no they do not care.
Abortion could finally be illegal. Cannabis being overturned. Social Security abolished. GLTB's denied their rights. No health care. Who knows they might attempt to bring slavery back.
The millennial's need to consider their future very carefully. JMHO!
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)as the older women.
MagickMuffin
(15,933 posts)and if the law is overturned they might be facing what other women faced before Roe v Wade.
issues, not personalities.
dmr
(28,347 posts)A court of right leaning judges would last decades.
The Democratic candidates need to take a lesson from Ted Cruz. He's been spouting off a litany of doomsday if the Democrats win & stack the court with liberal judges. The Democrats need to explain what would happen under a Republican.
Another thing we need to be concerned over is 2020 & the U.S. Census. If the Republicans have control, they get to ramrod more drastic gerrymandering.
Democrats need to openly & loudly discuss what Republican governors and legislatures are catastrophically doing to our states, and the obstruction in our Congress & what a Republican would do in the White House.
Want to energize the voters, give them the dire reasons why their vote matters. The candidates, Congress, Democratic leaders, and all their pundits need to see the big picture and truly fight against what the right is doing to our nation.
Aw, hell, I'm so tired of our silence & tiptoes.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Nothing. No student loan relief. Tuition continues to sky rocket. Jobs are going overseas. And you got Hillary wanting to expand H1B visas to further reduce wages. Meanwhile, Obama gets in office and bails out the billionaires and lets them walk free without any prosecution or liability.
They honestly do not see Hillary as being any better than any of the Republicans. The way they view the election....Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin. They are both in favor of war and both are pro-capitalists who favor only the rich.
And they have a very good point. Hillary Clinton won't do anything to hurt the rich. The rich will continue to accelerate their gains while the middle class wages stagnate.
MagickMuffin
(15,933 posts)Apparently, it's all Obama's fault for having to deal with the Grand Obstructionist Party. They have blocked Obama's progress every step of the way. And they are still obstructing his policies/agendas.
I too, was cynical back in my twenties, I even voted for a libertarian once thinking it would make a difference. Never again!
I have been a precinct chair since 08. I am working on getting the youth involved in the democratic process. This country will belong to them one day, this is what a young voter told us last Tuesday during the Texas primary. They were excited to vote. I am hoping to cash in on their enthusiasm.
Every election matters. Whether it is for the Presidential election or the mid term elections I plan on getting my voters out to vote. We are the change. It won't ever get any better if people choose not to vote!
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,166 posts)Because then we'd already have a presumptive nominee and there'd be no point in voting in the primaries.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,166 posts)And now we have two.
dmosh42
(2,217 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 9, 2016, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)
Snyder (R): 1,605,034
Schauer (D): 1,476,904
But we've been blue in every presidential election since (edit) 1992.
Mondale only took Minnesota and D.C.
I fixed it. My only defense here is that I'm incapable of reading a simple wikipedia page.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)But fewer awards.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)tonight, and I think I saw a Sanders ad last night. We have been inundated with ads for the three repukes attempting to replace Boner and a few ads for the democrats running for the US Senate.
Interesting, but the local evening news indicated that Clinton and Kasich are leading in the most ads.
I will be interested in seeing the turnout here in Ohio.
1939
(1,683 posts)Driving around today with only a few days till the FL primary, I saw one Trump sign and one Cruz sign.
No Rubio, no Kasich, no Clinton, and no Sanders.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)This happens all the time in my communities primaries. Primary voting time, I won't get 10% turnout but come election time it triples. In my area, the Republican Primaries are just more exciting.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)the discrepancy was much worse in other states.