Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forum"Bernie Sanders Just Changed the Democratic Presidential Race"
Michigan is a turning point.
In his most important win to date, Bernie Sanders tonight won the Michigan Democratic primary, according to AP projections. Though he remains a good deal behind Hillary Clinton in total delegate count, his win in the Wolverine State has changed the race for the Democratic nomination.
For weeks, Clinton has been racking up wins, mostly in Southern states. Sanders and his aides have stressed, though, their belief that he could do much better in Northern and midwestern states. Tuesdays result gave credence to that belief, and could well propel Sanders in other states in the region: Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois both vote next week. Wisconsin votes in early April.
More than anything, though, this vote gives Sanders a legitimate reason to stay in the race. If hed lost, which the polls had indicated he would, it would have been difficult for him to make the case that the voters wanted him to keep up his challenge to the Clinton machine. He will likely be able to use this win to get another round of fundraising, as most of his donors are individuals who havent maxed out their donation totals; if they gave $10 in October, he can ask them to give another $10 now. And given the general enthusiasm of Sanders voters, its a good bet a lot of them will.
Sanders still faces an uphill battle to the nomination. Hillary Clinton has polling leads in several key states. She has the lions share of super delegates. And because Democratic delegates are divided proportionally, she still gets votes from the states like Michigan where Sanders barely wins.
But dont discount the win for Sanders. It shows that his message of economic, left-wing populism has resonated with Democratic voters. And it shows that Hillary Clinton is going to have to fight for the Democratic nomination.
http://fortune.com/2016/03/08/bernie-sanders-just-changed-the-democratic-presidential-race/
pengu
(462 posts)We've got to hold out through the 15th then the map turns in our favor. We can do this.
Donkees
(31,367 posts)SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Hoppy
(3,595 posts)Donkees
(31,367 posts)turbinetree
(24,688 posts)Feel the BERN
A big win is still a win
Thank you Michigan, the Bernie team, and especially the average $34 dollar supporters/citizens
"WE", and I mean "WE", did it against the superpac machine
Honk--------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
It is about getting a Progressive President, U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, State and Local Legislatures
Democracy is NOT a spectator sport get involved ----------------------tag your it
Akamai
(1,779 posts)to learn a heck of a lot more about what Bernie is saying and why he is saying it.
And his negatives are incredibly low while his ratings on trust, honesty, etc., are incredibly high.
Ladies and gentlemen -- Make sure your seatbelts are fastened and your trays are up and in a locked position!
America and the world are about to get an education that the top 1% and the Republicans have been trying to prevent.
Go Bernie!!!
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)No one can win with just one region of the country.
Jemmons
(711 posts)Indepatriot
(1,253 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)he could ask evert week for $10 and they wouldn't max out.
malthaussen
(17,184 posts)Well, okay, the adverb.
-- Mal