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darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
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#113951: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:43:16 PM

Guess there isn't as much of a difference between Northeasterners and Southerners as they would like to believe...

Of course there isn't. The median Northern voter and the median Southern voter are reasonably far apart, of course, but there's a lot of overlap. Not to mention that the rural/urban divide and dynamic exists basically everywhere in the country.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:43:59 PM by darksidevoid

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#113952: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:43:35 PM

Clinton's only being investigated because the Republicans were desperate to ruin her reputation well before the primary even started. The whole email thing was acknowledged and dismissed as a deliberate distraction by Sanders himself. And Sanders' problem currently seems to be that he's not bothering to campaign far enough in quite a few states this time around. (Clinton has connections that are both widespread and go back years, which is helping her in this case.)

So uh.. yeah, not just an example of overlooking someone.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113953: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:45:47 PM

[up][up][up]Which Senator is that? Some state senator?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113954: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:45:48 PM

Pretty sure Massachusets is a majority blue state even in the more rural areas so technically there is a difference. Just not one obvious in the primary results.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:47:42 PM by Elle

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#113955: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:47:19 PM

I've even seen a black man in the Senate say "I like what I"m seeing" when referring to Trump. I just...I don't...I want this to be a joke...I just want America to not be as stupid as we're stereotyped to be >.<

And I heard some black college students say the same thing today. People of all races are allowed their (perhaps) stupid opinions. It's nothing to be surprised or really that stressed out about. Look hard enough and you'll find someone who believes anything.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:48:00 PM by LSBK

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113956: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:48:42 PM

This makes me glad New York City isn't the Capital of the US anymore (Though it pretty much still is the Capital of the US in everything but Politics nowadays), because with Trump representing New York, America would be the laughing stock of the First World (If it isn't already).

edited 1st Mar '16 5:51:13 PM by Bat178

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#113957: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:52:16 PM

I just hope that she keeps her promise to kill the TPP.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#113958: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:53:43 PM

Hillary Clinton grabbed five easy victories in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Arkansas.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
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Anti-Gnosis Weapon
#113959: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:53:54 PM

Pretty sure Massachusets is a majority blue state even in the more rural areas so technically there is a difference.
Nope. MA is blue-ish, but the Independents outnumber either of the parties. You see that column that says "unenrolled"? That's Independents. The Inds lean blue, of course, but they're Inds at the end of the day, not Dems.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:54:26 PM by darksidevoid

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113960: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:54:04 PM

And CNN just called Virginia for Trump.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#113961: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:55:08 PM

[up][up]Most people who call themselves "independent" aren't really independent. That is, they usually go one party consistently. Pretty sure there have been more than a few polls or surveys showing as much.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:57:29 PM by LSBK

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#113962: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:56:48 PM

My experience is admittedly anecdotal (went to college in small-town MA).

darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
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#113963: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:58:54 PM

[up][up]Yes, I know. Why do you think I said they lean blue? The point being, they're less hardcore Dem than the registered Dems are, so although it's a solidly blue state overall, there's more overlap between MA and its Southern brethren than there would appear to be at first glance.

edited 1st Mar '16 5:59:17 PM by darksidevoid

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#113964: Mar 1st 2016 at 5:59:52 PM

[up]Because if you're always voting either Dem or Rep that's not "leaning" that way; that's being a member of the party in all but name. Whether you're officially registered for the party or not would likely become irrelevant to most people and for good reasons.

Saying they lean one way or the other implies there's a decent chance they'd go for the other party sometimes and that's apparently not the case for most independents.

edited 1st Mar '16 6:03:35 PM by LSBK

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113965: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:02:04 PM

Cruz and Clinton won Texas, as expected.

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theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113967: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:05:39 PM

Trump has razor thin leads in Vermont and Arkansas (over Kasich and Rubio respectively), while Cruz is slightly leading Trump in Oklahoma.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#113968: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:06:24 PM

In honour of tonight's big winner:

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113969: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:07:19 PM

Jesus. Looks like the Deep South stereotype is true!

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#113970: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:09:13 PM

How many states are there still left?

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#113971: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:09:54 PM

At this point, I'd say pretty much the entire East Coast is screwed up in the head!

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#113972: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:10:18 PM

God if Cruz wins the nom, we will be in serious trouble.

darksidevoid Anti-Gnosis Weapon from The Frontiers (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Robosexual
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#113973: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:11:45 PM

It strikes me as a little premature to call Texas with less than 200 out of nearly 8000 precincts reporting, but that's exit polling for ya. Or is the population in TX really that concentrated?

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A procrastination in of itself
#113974: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:27:36 PM

Oklahoma is expected to go for Cruz and Sanders apparently.

[up] It's also predictability, there's a reason come November you'll see entire states called one way or the other based on zero votes, nobody needs to stay up to see in California goes blue.

edited 1st Mar '16 6:29:09 PM by Silasw

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#113975: Mar 1st 2016 at 6:46:37 PM

I was sleeping all day, what did I miss?

How's the thing going?

Oh really when?

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