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Old 03-09-2016, 10:33 AM   #4432
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Originally Posted by Parallex View Post
Yeah... because Trump is winning and Sanders is losing.

Sanders did way better then expected in Michigan, but somewhat lost in the popular narrative from yesterday is that he fell further behind in the delegate count.
How Sanders upset Clinton in Michigan

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...igan/81526056/

Sanders has said that higher-than-expected participation by voters favors his campaign — especially among the younger voters that have fueled his stronger than expected challenge to Clinton.

A record 2.5 million people in Michigan voted with 97 percent of precincts reporting — shattering the previous two-party primary record of 1.93 million set in 1972. The turnout far exceeded state election officials’ 2 million-vote turnout projection.

“We always do well when the voter turnout is high and we do poorly when the voter turnout is low,” Sanders said in a speech in Florida ahead of that state’s hotly contested primary on March 15.

He predicted in a hastily-arranged second appearance after it became clear he would win Michigan that the upset victory here would be a springboard to victories in other states outside of the deep south, where Clinton has dominated among older African-American voters.

“What tonight means is that the Bernie Sanders campaign, the people’s revolution that we are talking about, the political revolution that we are talking about, is strong in every part of the country and frankly we believe that our strongest areas are yet to happen,” Sanders said.

“We’re going to do very, very well in the West coast and other parts of this country.”
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