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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#114976: Mar 8th 2016 at 5:53:39 PM

Sanders is leading in Michigan by around two points right now.

edited 8th Mar '16 5:54:39 PM by Ekuran

Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#114977: Mar 8th 2016 at 5:55:39 PM

The South is the largest and most populated part of the US, so Southern states really count for this.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#114978: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:25:00 PM

Genuinely surprised that Sanders is leading in Michigan, all the the polls showed him in a close second.

Rubio did awful in Michigan and Mississippi. Kasich did better than him in both states. Since Idaho is Cruz territory, he needs to win Hawaii if he wants to save any face.

edited 8th Mar '16 6:33:03 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#114979: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:29:59 PM

Good. Michigan's the big prize here.

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#114980: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:40:10 PM

Sanders is at 51.7% to Clinton's 46.5% right now.

edited 8th Mar '16 6:42:12 PM by Ekuran

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#114981: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:41:13 PM

Aaaaand Trump won Michigan too. Of course he did.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#114982: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:49:21 PM

Michigan dems are heavily based on the UAW, i would guess? Definitely people who aren't going to trust the Clintons as much.

Though if he can play in the midwest, it does really help him.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#114983: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:53:09 PM

I don't want to listen to Trump talk ever again.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#114985: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:56:52 PM

Hillary may have done herself in with her "I support fracking in spite of Flint" remarks on Sunday.

I know fracking isn't the reason for the lead poisoning but still.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#114986: Mar 8th 2016 at 7:01:11 PM

[up] Maybe, but its worth noting that Hillary is still winning in Flint (and Detroit).

edited 8th Mar '16 7:02:19 PM by Demonic_Braeburn

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#114987: Mar 8th 2016 at 7:18:05 PM

That makes sense with my thought that it's about Sanders' Union appeal.

Could make him more competitive in Pennsylvania.

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#114988: Mar 8th 2016 at 7:30:07 PM

Sanders is actually barely winning Flint/Genesee County right now, although it's been virtually tied the whole night, so it's not that much of an upset.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#114989: Mar 8th 2016 at 7:47:41 PM

Hillary was expected to win by like 20 percent so it's still an upset that he's probably going to win.

All the same I would have preferred a more one-sided win considering all the delegates that Michigan was worth.

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#114990: Mar 8th 2016 at 7:59:34 PM

Michigan voters are hungry for change Nearly anything is better than their current wretched state.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#114991: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:04:31 PM

I could easily see Sanders winning in California due to his opposition to fracking, what with the massive methane leak that went on for roughly five months there.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#114992: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:09:35 PM

I'm not sure anyone in California actually cares about that, except in a general environmental sense. Not enough to affect voting, certainly.

We are, after all, a state that's consistently been on fire every year.

edited 8th Mar '16 8:10:45 PM by Clarste

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#114993: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:10:28 PM

If someone announced a plan to get more water into the region, then they'd have the state, most likely.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#114994: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:12:56 PM

We need all of the water. At least it's actually raining now.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#114995: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:14:42 PM

Genuinely surprised that Sanders is leading in Michigan, all the the polls showed him in a close second.
Hypothesis I'm reading is Clinton's comment that Sanders was anti-Auto Bailout REALLY REALLY pissed off the UAW, and while they might of grit their teeth before, doing that to Sanders and trying to drag a Union ally's name through the mud might of made the UAW send their guys out in full force for Sanders to tell Hillary to go fuck herself, in terms of voting.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#114996: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:17:38 PM

California's about to get enough water dumped on it to fill its biggest reservoir completely. So that, at least, isn't all doom and gloom (though there'll be a bit of flooding).

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#114997: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:19:12 PM

[up] [up][up] So what you're saying is God would win the California primary?

I'd vote for Him xD

edited 8th Mar '16 8:20:41 PM by theLibrarian

rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#114998: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:23:01 PM

Pretty sure he'd be ineligible, on account of the establishment clause.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#114999: Mar 8th 2016 at 8:24:31 PM

I'm not sure He's a natural born citizen.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012

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