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2016 Postmortem

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:17 PM Apr 2016

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It's amazing. If you look at the numbers, Trump has about 5500 votes.

Hillary 47,000
Bernie 30,000

How is there such a difference in the number of votes cast for democrats vs. republicans?

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It's amazing. If you look at the numbers, Trump has about 5500 votes. (Original Post) Happyhippychick Apr 2016 OP

Rigged bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #1

Rigged against republicans? Happyhippychick Apr 2016 #3

Different elections/electorates. elleng Apr 2016 #2

Numbers are from heavily Democratic areas in NY City. Punkingal Apr 2016 #4

Far fewer Republicans than Democrats in NYC KingFlorez Apr 2016 #5

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)

1. Rigged

Reply to Happyhippychick (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:18 PM

Apr 2016

Happyhippychick

(8,379 posts)

3. Rigged against republicans?

Reply to bkkyosemite (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:21 PM

Apr 2016

elleng

(130,964 posts)

2. Different elections/electorates.

Reply to Happyhippychick (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:18 PM

Apr 2016

Punkingal

(9,522 posts)

4. Numbers are from heavily Democratic areas in NY City.

Reply to Happyhippychick (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:22 PM

Apr 2016

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)

5. Far fewer Republicans than Democrats in NYC

Reply to Happyhippychick (Original post)

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:23 PM

Apr 2016

Save for Staten Island there aren't a huge amount of Republicans in the city and the city is most of what is reporting right now.

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