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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Polls show pretty clearly though, that while liberty and leftist populism make Trump and Sanders similar, almost no one of either supporters said they were willing to support the other. Sanders supporters are not voting Trump.
Trump is not popular with Latinos, blacks or the independents. Where are his votes going to come from?
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I suggested it before, but I think the silent factor in this election is going to be huge. I think many people will vote for Trump who would never admit it to pollsters, or publicly, for fear of being labeled a racist. Just look around online today, and you'll see lots of Bernie supporters saying they'll back Trump over her every day of the week. Is that all Bernie supporters? Probably not, but I do think he has a lot of supporters that can't be counted on to back Hillary later on. Maybe they don't vote at all, or maybe they spite vote for Trump. We'll see.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I don't think it's over for Sanders yet. He did well enough out of super Tuesday to keep going in a long primary and he won important states yesterday. I guess he'll see more success and more valuable endorsements come his way the longer this goes.
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Nah, it's pretty much over. The Dems don't do Winner-Take-All states, so it's all proportional till the end. With the massive deficit Bernie has with minorities, it's very, very difficult to see him making up his current gap. He needs to start winning diverse states by probably close to 2:1, but that seems extremely unlikely. Hillary also should dominate the March 15 states which are delegate heavy. His best hope is Hillary melts down or gets indicted. Otherwise he needs a miracle, especially since turnout numbers are quite down for Dems.
Like for fun, Hillary dominated Texas, and that gap was so huge she won more net delegates from Texas than Bernie did from
every state he won yesterday.