2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLabor, African Americans help Clinton win Nevada
Americans are right to be angry, Clinton said in her victory speech in Las Vegas, echoing one of the key drivers of Sanders campaign, but were also hungry for real solutions.
The question now for Sanders is, if he cant win in Nevada, a state that more closely resembles Americas demographics than Iowa or New Hampshire, where can he pick up another victory? The next contest is Saturday in South Carolina, where Clinton leads by 24 points, according to an average of major polls by Real Clear Politics. Its a lead powered by wide support among the states many African American voters.
He certainly made it a race here, and you cant dispute the fact (his supporters are) pushing her to take positions she didnt think shed want to take, said David Damore, a professor of political science at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and senior analyst with the Latino Decisions polling and consulting firm. But the next few states are going to be tough for him.
http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Labor-African-Americans-help-Clinton-win-Nevada-6844744.php
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... things really don't look very good for him. It looks to me as though Bernie will not be the nominee.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)The firewall crumbled and then burnt to the ground.
Note the national poll numbers assumed at the top
Here are the states he needs to win.
By NATE SILVER
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bernie-sanderss-path-to-the-nomination/
JustAnotherGen
(31,849 posts)Sanders isnt reaching African American voters: Nevada was the first real test of whether Sanders, who represents a state that is 95 percent white, would be able to attract African American voters. He failed. Clinton won 76 percent of black voters in Nevada, compared with 22 percent for Sanders, according to entrance polls.
She picked up huge African American support, Damore said, that she didnt eight years ago, when she ran against Obama.
Especially the part about her grabbing the votes she lost to Obama in 2008 in Nevada. Had Obama not gotten the nod in either OH or NH in 2008 those votes would have been hers.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)And that's a good thing! So there's that!
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)tokenlib
(4,186 posts)Skwmom
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(4,667 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)He's done.
In no way does this man represent America.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)White privilege rage.
Just like the tea party on the right.
It's easy to see today after his defeat in a diverse state that's much more representive of America.
The bro rage is out of control and aimed at PoC and unions.
It's a terrible movement and it's end is drawing near.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)It's got a limited shelf-life, and the expiration date is Super Tuesday.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)So true!
oasis
(49,398 posts)The agenda and behavior behind their kind of mentality should never be validated by a having a victorious candidate who doesn't necessarily share their thoughts.
Nanjeanne
(4,974 posts)He will win
Hispanics, Muslims, Native Americans, Asian Americans. They live here and vote here too.
And I also think he can make a dent in the black community where younger people will come out for him.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)It will be a big day for Hillary!
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)She sent out fliers claiming this lie. Chickens voting for Col. Sanders. That's their prerogative.
paleotn
(17,938 posts)...1 to 6. Congrats! As for the complainer, such thin skinned, delicate little flowers we have around here.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)I've become a target. Thank you, jury. And thanks for the heads up.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)And who is supporting and running on the the same policies that are essentislly a slight modification of George W.Bush fiscal policie that took the the number of people living in poverty in this country from 32.6 million in 2000 to 37.7 million in 2008 to 46.3 million today.
42.5% of Hispanic children are living in poverty and 38.4% of black children are living in poverty.
The same policies that took our national debt from $5.73 trillion in 2000 to $9.8 trillion in 2008 to $19 trillion today.
We have the highest corporate profits in history and the lowest wages in 65 years.
The people want more of this ?
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/14/black-child-poverty-rate-holds-steady-even-as-other-groups-see-declines/ft_15-06-30_poverty_310px/
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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/business/economy/corporate-profits-grow-ever-larger-as-slice-of-economy-as-wages-slide.html?referer=&_r=0Corporate Profits Grow and Wages Slide
APRIL 4, 2014
Off the Charts
By FLOYD NORRIS
CORPORATE profits are at their highest level in at least 85 years. Employee compensation is at the lowest level in 65 years.
The Commerce Department last week estimated that corporations earned $2.1 trillion during 2013, and paid $419 billion in corporate taxes. The after-tax profit of $1.7 trillion amounted to 10 percent of gross domestic product during the year, the first full year it has been that high. In 2012, it was 9.7 percent, itself a record.
Until 2010, the highest level of after-tax profits ever recorded was 9.1 percent, in 1929, the first year that the government began calculating the number. "
Much more at the link.