2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHuffington Post: No President has won a contested New Hampshire primary in 28 years!
Bad news for Bernie. New Hampshire has a poor record recently when it comes to picking the eventual president in a contested primary.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-primary-sanders-trump_us_56ba41dde4b0c3c5504f1659?209c0udi
2012: Obama won the presidency, uncontested in the primary
2008: Obama won the presidency, Hillary won the primary
2004: Bush won the presidency, uncontested in the primary
2000: Bush won the presidency, McCain won the primary
1996: Clinton won the presidency, uncontested in the primary
1992: Clinton won the presidency, Paul Tsongas won the primary
1988: Bush won the presidency and the primary.
You have to go back to 1988!
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)that no one could be elected President if they didn't manage to win their party's N.H. primary. For decades, that was true.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)regardless of who was sworn in.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)And according to NY Times he beat her across all demographics except the 65 & older crowd and the families eaning $200,000 a year or more!
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)Hillary got her head handed to her and now you're feely salty...it shows.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)It's obnoxious.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)
because they're convinced she's entitled to the Presidency.
I remember, the night she lost the Iowa caucuses to Obama in 2008, her supporters posting that the results of the primaries and caucuses didn't matter, because Hillary had enough superdelegates already committed to her that her nomination was inevitable, no matter how many contests Obama won.
basselope
(2,565 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Duh.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)farleftlib
(2,125 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)and I'm loving that 2016 will be another record breaker for NH stats as Bernie wins the election!
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Interesting.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)It's a bold move.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)DemocraticSocialist8
(396 posts)AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)Step aside Tory
senz
(11,945 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)was that Hillary lost -- badly -- even in a state she won in 2008.
spooky3
(34,457 posts)And Obama was not--and this year, only 2 Dems were involved in the primary.
Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I knew this loss was coming... but I was still kinda hoping for a surprise win anyway.
Oh well.
The first two states were tailor-made for Bernie. The rest will be quite a challenge for him as he discovers what the makeup of the REST of America is like.
So... congratulations to Bernie, the candidate (but not his Berniebro fans, ugh.)
Super Tuesday isn't that far away... even though it will seem like an eternity, it will be here soon enough.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)to feel better.