Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumMichigan shaping up well for Clinton
Barely anything reported yet in Wayne Country (Detroit) which also has 1/5th of total districts in Michigan, and a huge POC presence. She will also do very well in Genesee (Flint), which hasn't reported anything yet, but should be one of her strongholds.
Early signs, despite what some may say, are actually favorable for HRC.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)in the vote so far without really anything out of Wayne County is good news.
WhiteTara
(29,699 posts)Godhumor
(6,437 posts)Fla Dem
(23,637 posts)Thanks for the updates
Treant
(1,968 posts)Light63
(233 posts)I'm watching CNN and they are talking about how Hillary STOLE BS's ideas, especially the black male commentator. I don't know his name. He said it seems to him that Hillary is single-issue candidate!
Can anyone out there know why BS is leading so much now?
WhiteTara
(29,699 posts)Stand and Fight
(7,480 posts)Was a special counsel to the President under Obama until Beck and others agitated to have him removed.
Light63
(233 posts)and she perhaps is the single-issue.
DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)Those early numbers were disconcerting. I wondered about areas yet to report.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,473 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)MSMITH33156
(879 posts)Sanders has been doing well in rural areas, such as in the states southwest (where he could carry the 6th Congressional District) and in north. But these regions dont have a lot of people, and hes not racking up the huge margins hed need to offset what will likely be strong performances by Clinton in urban areas, particularly Detroit.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/8/1498068/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Mini-Tuesday-liveblog-2
Treant
(1,968 posts)Even Detroit is currently leaning Sanders on very few votes in yet.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)with Sanders' lead still holding. Barring a reversal, that's not going to do it.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)And it finally reversed! Clinton 52%, which is still too low, but looks a lot better.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)MSMITH33156
(879 posts)These are the election nights I dread. Trump has won Michigan and Mississippi, and it was an easy call. Clinton crushed Sanders in Mississippi and is well-positioned in Michigan, where Detroit and Flint have yet to report. Fortunately, we still have a fight on our hands for second place on the Republican side in Michigan, and Idaho and Hawaii havent even started counting the votes yet.
Although she's losing Detroit early. Still early. But kind of makes me nervous we won't run up the large margin we expected/need there even if we win Wayne County.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,881 posts)19% in
Treant
(1,968 posts)Flint's still out, too.
MSMITH33156
(879 posts)she does better in the rest of Wayne County. Her lead is not nearly big enough.
oasis
(49,370 posts)6chars
(3,967 posts)If Sanders takes rest of Michigan by 51-49, and Hillary takes Wayne County by 75-25 in line with other heavily AA voting patterns elsewhere, let's see, if Wayne County is 20% of total districts, highly democratic so probably more like 1/3 of Dem votes, that would give Hillary about a 15 point victory.
jmowreader
(50,552 posts)Those three are considered "Metro Detroit." Man, this is going to be a long night.
6chars
(3,967 posts)Macomb - very white (and probably a lot lower % dem voters). Oakland - pretty white (and not so many dem voters), Wayne - 40% AA (which means a majority of Dem voters in Wayne, and Wayne is a large proportion of dem voters in greater detroit)
BlueMTexpat
(15,366 posts)is 63 delegates. MI has 130 delegates in all. Bernie must win at least 67, especially because he is losing badly in MS, to remain viable.
The two things that are hurting Hillary in MI are 1) open primary and 2) independent voters - the same things that hurt her badly in NH. In some ways, MI is one of the last chances for GOPers and GOPer leaning Independents to try to derail her.
If Hillary meets or exceeds the target goal of 63 delegates, she is still very much on track for the nomination, especially because she will most likely exceed her target goal of 23 delegates (out of 36) for MS.
Right now, with 25% reporting in MS, Bernie is hovering around the 15% threshold. If he slips below (unlikely IMO), Hillary will get all 36 MS delegates.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/delegate-targets/democrats/
riversedge
(70,183 posts)Skid Rogue
(711 posts)It's those Ann Arbor numbers that worry me.
consciouslocs
(43 posts)oasis
(49,370 posts)on in the water crisis. In the interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, which just ended 10:30 pm est, Mayor Karen Weaver says she was not personally contacted by Bernie Sanders during the crisis.