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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:49 PM Mar 2016

Huuuge Victory for Bernie in Michigan

This is what we have been waiting for and tonight it finally arrives.

The polls, as usual, didn't give us a chance, they dissed us and claimed Clinton would win by 10 points.

Goes to show they just don't know what the hell they are talking about.

Thank you people of Michigan. You really came through for America.

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Huuuge Victory for Bernie in Michigan (Original Post) RobertEarl Mar 2016 OP
We don't know how it will go yet democrattotheend Mar 2016 #1
Close enough RobertEarl Mar 2016 #4
yeah right jcgoldie Mar 2016 #2
The problem is that pure mathematics TM99 Mar 2016 #5
No RobertEarl Mar 2016 #6
HUUUUUGGGGGE!!! southerncrone Mar 2016 #3
I'm FeelingtheBern! RobertEarl Mar 2016 #8
Yep. Bernin' down the house!!! southerncrone Mar 2016 #9
Robert, I drove nearly 15 miles to vote for Bernie today. longship Mar 2016 #7
Yay You!!! Melissa G Mar 2016 #10
K&R Thank you Michigan! nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #11

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
1. We don't know how it will go yet
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:51 PM
Mar 2016

But I noticed that for the first time in a while, the Democratic primary was the top story on the CNN website. That is good for both candidates, IMO. The downside of the GOP being more unsettled (or so they thought) is that they were getting all the coverage.

If Sanders wins Michigan, the MSM will have to stop writing him off and ignoring him.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
4. Close enough
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:56 PM
Mar 2016

Polls said Clinton by 10. All the polls all along have been the same old same old ""Clinton is to be coronated"". << Even saw that on CNN page just minutes ago. >> "Coronated" my ass.

The people are finally having a chance to be heard and what they are saying is we like our Bernie and we love the new message he is bring to us.

jcgoldie

(11,582 posts)
2. yeah right
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:51 PM
Mar 2016

Polls are based on how people answer questions about how they are going to vote. They can be wrong if people don't respond accurately... but they neither "give anyone a chance" nor "diss" them.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
5. The problem is that pure mathematics
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:57 PM
Mar 2016

can not predict human psychology.

It can make some approximations but once other more human factors are involved, it falls apart.

Clinton obviously blew it with her artful smear of Sanders and that may have been the human component that was unpredictable.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
6. No
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:58 PM
Mar 2016

They didn't ask the right people. And they are biased. Look at the 538 website.... they are such sellouts they hardly know their ass from a hole in the ground. It made me sick to read their junk.

longship

(40,416 posts)
7. Robert, I drove nearly 15 miles to vote for Bernie today.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 11:59 PM
Mar 2016

I was the 27th Democratic voter in my very rural township. Most of the roads in this area are unpaved. There is no straight road across the township to get to the township hall from my house. So one has to drive a very circuitous route to get there, to get around the intervening national forest. It's beautiful, but it makes voting difficult.

I voted for Bernie, of course. As I said, I was the 27th Democratic voter at 2:15 PM.

There are more deer than humans in my township.

Happy to R& this.

My best to you.

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