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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:41 PM Apr 2016

ABC News: In Wisconsin, Trump Sees a Ceiling, While Sanders Finds His Sweet Spot (EXIT POLL)

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wisconsin-trump-sees-ceiling-sanders-finds-sweet-spot/story?id=38181812

(Beyond the first para, the first several paras are about the Repugs, then the Dems.)

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Anti-Donald Trump voters coalesced around Ted Cruz in the Wisconsin presidential primary, raising the specter of a ceiling for the GOP frontrunner. In the Democratic race, young voters and men handed Bernie Sanders a fresh chance to exploit Hillary Clinton’s vulnerabilities on style and substance alike.

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ABC News: In Wisconsin, Trump Sees a Ceiling, While Sanders Finds His Sweet Spot (EXIT POLL) (Original Post) LiberalElite Apr 2016 OP
Lots of good info in that story. Thanks! merrily Apr 2016 #1
. LiberalElite Apr 2016 #2
Does anyone else feel like we're still gaining momentum? draa Apr 2016 #3
Funding could easily be the next popular topic for articles Babel_17 Apr 2016 #5
Yeah, small donor funding is probably already a problem for Clinton. draa Apr 2016 #6
"The Clinton-Sanders dichotomy" indeed, a dichotomy. Polar opposites in the den spectrum. nt thereismore Apr 2016 #4

draa

(975 posts)
3. Does anyone else feel like we're still gaining momentum?
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:17 PM
Apr 2016

I can't be the only one, right?

Sure seems to me that Bernie is gaining support and Clinton is fading. Maybe it's my dislike for Clinton but losing 6 of the last 7 states and 13 of the last 18 makes me believe she's in trouble. Especially with a 20% turn around (loss) in Wisconsin over the last 2 weeks.

She was leading Bernie by 6% just 2 weeks ago in Wisconsin. She lost by 14% last night. Even in a closed primary there's no way that can be seen as good.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
5. Funding could easily be the next popular topic for articles
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:41 PM
Apr 2016

Regular donors for Secretary Clinton might be hitting the $2,700 limit (her donors are fewer but have given more), so now she'll have to rely more heavily on PACs/Super PACs. That does get noticed, plus it's news when she has to fly away to court big donors.

draa

(975 posts)
6. Yeah, small donor funding is probably already a problem for Clinton.
Thu Apr 7, 2016, 12:56 AM
Apr 2016

I read last month that most of her small donors have already maxed out. Something like 70% or more. That will become a problem just like it did in 2008 when she used $13M of her own money.

One thing Bernie's donor base is doing is making Clinton work. She's not able to just slide by when he's out raising her at every turn. More money means more ad buys. And I don't see it ending for Bernie anytime soon.

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