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We lost this in Flint (Original Post) MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 OP
I think it was Kent County--Grand Rapids LuvLoogie Mar 2016 #1
Flint was/is a surprise and Grand Rapids should have been better book_worm Mar 2016 #2
Sanders outspends Clinton in Michigan primary ad war ucrdem Mar 2016 #3
The Clinton campaign got over confident book_worm Mar 2016 #4
Every poll had her winning. ucrdem Mar 2016 #5
They were saying the race MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #6
Before the polls closed ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #7

LuvLoogie

(6,855 posts)
1. I think it was Kent County--Grand Rapids
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:05 AM
Mar 2016

Hillary is down over 16,000 in Kent county There are still 9 percent of precincts in Wayne to report. Just have to settle with a net gain of delegates I suppose and buckle down for next week.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
2. Flint was/is a surprise and Grand Rapids should have been better
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:07 AM
Mar 2016

Detroit she is at about 60% but she didn't do as well as expected in the counties around Detroit either.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
3. Sanders outspends Clinton in Michigan primary ad war
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:10 AM
Mar 2016

March 1, 2016

A Flint-focused Democratic ad war between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to intensify in the coming days following Tuesday’s multi-state primaries.

Through Sunday, Sanders had outspent Clinton in Michigan $1.2 million to $979,000 on television advertising, airing 675 more spots than Clinton in broadcast TV markets across the state, according to ad tracking data from Kantar Media.

In the Flint TV market, Sanders had aired nearly twice as many ads as Clinton — 597 to 304 — as the two Democratic contenders jockey for positioning over Flint’s lead-contaminated water crisis. Both Clinton and Sanders are airing Flint-themed TV ads, but Sanders has ramped up the spending as he seeks to cut into Clinton’s urban voter base.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/01/sanders-clinton-primary-ads-michigan/81175630/

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
4. The Clinton campaign got over confident
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:11 AM
Mar 2016

and who can blame them if their private polls looked as good as the public ones.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
5. Every poll had her winning.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:16 AM
Mar 2016

It's rare to see this kind of disparity and usually reflects the effect of serious negative advertising, which is what the 2-1 ad spending also suggests.

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In any case congrats to Bernie and his supporters.

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)
6. They were saying the race
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:16 AM
Mar 2016

was much closer than the public polls. But I don't think they expected to actually lose. I think they were thinking narrow win. Even Bernie wasn't prepared with a victory speech. Sometimes, it just happens.

 

LannyDeVaney

(1,033 posts)
7. Before the polls closed ...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:17 AM
Mar 2016

MSNBC reported the Clinton camp's internal numbers showed it would be very close.

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