2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary leads Sanders by 34 points in Massachusetts
In the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton leads Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 59% to 25%, with all other Democrats under 5%. In a sign of trouble for Clinton, 47% of Independents said her use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State made them less likely to vote for her, compared to 24% of Democrats who said the same. A majority of Independents (56%) believe her doing so harmed U.S. foreign policy. Independents make up roughly half the state electorate.
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WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)In Massachusetts your more likely to run into someone who states they are a far left liberal independent or Green party person that hates the current movement of the Democratic party and refuses to identify with them. I don't know if they made a designation for Green partiers.
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seaglass
(8,171 posts)The majority of unenrolled vote D as do I.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)is backing Hillary Clinton BIGTIME!
Wow Bernie fans! What happened???
seaglass
(8,171 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)That was one of the states where SBS was suppposed to do well...BTW, HRC beat PBO in the Bay State and he had the Kennedy's endorsement.
RandySF
(58,447 posts)Yes, it's definitely a Democratic state, but it's not so far to the left once you get outside of the Cambridge area.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)That if Sanders is within thirty points in a state then he is in strong contention. At the same time, if he is within the margin of error in a state, he cannot be challenged, it's his. It looks like they don't have much of a case here even under their completely unrealistic thoughts.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)from that Bernie backer eh?
mythology
(9,527 posts)Yes we get the ads for New Hampshire, but no real on the ground campaigning.
As Iowa and New Hampshire show, campaigns have a tendency to narrow.