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book_worm

(15,951 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:56 AM Feb 2016

Massachusetts: HRC: 46% Bernie 46%

I consider this good news. Massachusetts is one of the Super Tuesday states that he expects to do well in and this poll, by Emerson College, indicates that right now the race is a dead heat. The poll was conducted prior to Nevada so she may even get a lift from that:

https://twitter.com/EmersonPolling/status/701599086168961028

The recent PPP poll had Sanders up by 7 in Massachusetts (49-42), so this is encouraging.

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72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
4. Even if he does, it will be close
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 10:01 AM
Feb 2016

And the delegate count will be even, or close to it. If he can't rack up a margin in Mass, where can he?

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)
2. I suspect Bernie will eke it out
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 10:00 AM
Feb 2016

He will win Maine on March 6 as well.

Hillary's forces ought to be framing the question as "can Bernie win outside of New England?"

vdogg

(1,384 posts)
5. Yeah
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 10:03 AM
Feb 2016

It seems like things are swinging back in Hillary's direction. I expect things will start to coalesce after S. Carolina. She needs to really run up the totals there though, which I think she'll do.

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)
8. Ted Kennedy and the entire Kennedy Family endorsed Obama in 2008
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 10:14 AM
Feb 2016

I think Hillary still won Massachusetts. This isn't a knock on the Kennedys. Endorsements just don't matter much anymore.

In SC, on the GOP side Rubio had the popular Senator and Govenor endorse him and he still lost.


Endorsements just don't mean what they use to.

Cha

(297,285 posts)
9. I dunno know.. I think it depends.. Congressman James Clyburn's should carry some
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 10:29 AM
Feb 2016

weight for Hillary and not just endorsements from the Black Caucus but they will be actually going out and knocking on doors and making calls for her. Same with 170 African American Women leaders next week

Rubio ran for president in 2008?

aaaaaa5a

(4,667 posts)
16. Good point.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 12:36 PM
Feb 2016

The Clyburn and the CBC endorsement probably does carry weight. I guess it is a case by case basis.


The Rubio comment referred to 2016 not 2008.

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seaglass

(8,173 posts)
14. I'm in MA. We were completely inundated with Bernie and Hillary ads during the NH primary.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 11:37 AM
Feb 2016

It definitely seemed that there were more Bernie ads.

As soon as the primary was over, no more ads until last week. And last week was Bernie ads only, have not seen any Hillary ads. The number of ads by Bernie are definitely much less (probably 50% less) than what was run in NH.

Hillary did win the last primary against Obama - 55-38 and that was after both Kennedy and Kerry endorsed Obama.

I'm pretty sure it's Trump on the R side, I just am not sure on the D side.

wysi

(1,512 posts)
18. My parents in MA are for Bernie
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:37 PM
Feb 2016

... but they most likely won't vote in the primary (they almost never do). So subtract two BS voters.

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