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Regardless of whether you are correct or not (doubtful), what's clear is that Sanders' favorablility has been increasing fast; most people simply didn't know about him before. Can you say the same about Clinton?
The only reason that Hillary is even still in the races is because she is running for a political party which has completely rigged it for her to win the nomination.
Hillary is no Obama. The democrat base really liked Obama. There is not much universal love among dems for Hillary. Further, Trump is appealing to blacks and blue collar union workers who have been screwed by the Clintons.
Meh, Hillary won the popular vote when she squared off against Obama, beating him in several swing states, including Florida. It's a myth that her base is dispassionate.
Trump appealing to Blacks? You mean the two ladies on YouTube?
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Past candidates don't determine elections. It's the present candidates that do. Case in point in just 8 years.
Electoral maps can make dramatic changes in short time.
Electoral Map 1964
Electoral Map 1972 (8 years later)
I agree, election results from a time when Whites made up 90% of the Electorate are pretty useless.
The GOP hasn't won in landslide fashion since 1988, and nothing suggests that will change in 2016. Even 2004, when GWB won an impressive 43% share of the Latino vote, was a squeaker.
Sadly, too many Hillary supporters are deluded about her electability. She is getting absolutely crushed among independents and young voters against her opponent, especially in general election swing states, and she doesnt have the hispanic vote either. Her firewall of African Americans are LESS enthusiastic about her than they were with Obama so she cant count on record numbers coming out to vote for her in that group either. Nevertheless, her supporters think she is an excellent general election candidate who can re-create some type of Obama coalition. Forgive them, they dont know what they are doing.
The thing is, neither can Sanders. It is he who was supposed to be building the Obama coalition; young voters, old voters, etc. That was his plan. Bring more voters into the system; so far, he has simply not done that.
You can blame Hillary; blame everyone you want ~ but it always, always, always goes back to the candidate.
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Regardless of whether you are correct or not (doubtful), what's clear is that Sanders' favorablility has been increasing fast; most people simply didn't know about him before. Can you say the same about Clinton?
Again, his whole thing is building the Obama coalition with young voters (as Obama); yet the numbers are simply not there. Perhaps they will come; but voter turnout is down - not UP and Bernie needs more numbers -period. There is no great mystique.
Non-Hispanic Whites now make up only 61.9% of the U.S. population. That's down from 69% in 2000 and 80% in 1980.
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lol
I see no reason why Clinton wouldn't be able to do the same.