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2016 Postmortem

Land of Enchantment

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11. There are many more Independents in Mass...

Reply to Samantha (Original post)

Sun Feb 28, 2016, 11:21 PM

Feb 2016

Here is some data from the Mass Sec'y of State's Office in 2015

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleenr/enridx.htm

2.178 Million Independents
1.428 Million Registered Democrats

From Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/28/the_case_against_hillary_clinton_this_is_the_disaster_democrats_must_avoid/

"A look at party identification is also revealing: Independents now vastly outnumber Democrats or Republicans, and among independents, Sanders is far and away the favorite. Meanwhile, as statistician Joshua Loftus notes: “Dangerously, even Donald Trump and Ted Cruz get a much greater proportion of independent voters than Clinton.”

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"There is going to be a dogfight in Massachusetts," says Feeney, MA chair of the Sanders' campaign [View all] Samantha Feb 2016 OP

Probably nearly split delegates. JaneyVee Feb 2016 #1

Agreed. The delegates here will be split. aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #2

If Bernie loses Massachusetts, it's goodnight Irene alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #3

what you wish for cs1058 Feb 2016 #7

That would be an interesting point if it wasn't the 10,000th time I've heard it today alcibiades_mystery Feb 2016 #14

Not a taunt... Adrahil Feb 2016 #20

Real Clear Politics average-1.5% spread cs1058 Feb 2016 #4

Wow -- you know what is interesting Samantha Feb 2016 #6

Based on the divergence between SC polls and exit polls and the alleged results, merrily Feb 2016 #5

The polling that favors Clinton is done by pollsters who overstated her support in New Hampshire. Attorney in Texas Feb 2016 #8

This is very interesting Samantha Feb 2016 #9

Massachusetts will be close, but we ought to prevail (same for Minnesota and Colorado). Attorney in Texas Feb 2016 #10

True about the Dixie States, Conservatives in both parties do well in primaries Dragonfli Feb 2016 #13

Nice. nt. Land of Enchantment Feb 2016 #12

There are many more Independents in Mass... Land of Enchantment Feb 2016 #11

This is exactly what I was looking for Samantha Feb 2016 #15

We are not Independents and those who registered in MA as Independents made a mistake and seaglass Feb 2016 #19

Mass is a hybrid state-you are wrong Land of Enchantment Feb 2016 #21

I was wondering about this and was going to look it up last night but "time wouldn't let me" Samantha Feb 2016 #23

Of course I am not wrong about how voting works in my own state. UNENROLLED voters can vote seaglass Mar 2016 #24

Losing MA breaks the Clinton campaign, but a close race keeps Bernie alive. basselope Feb 2016 #16

Good point Samantha Feb 2016 #17

Sam--see #21...nt Land of Enchantment Feb 2016 #22

This is way too close for that nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #18