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Related: About this forumSanders Trails Clinton for Different Reasons Than He Claims
The Democratic candidate cites "conservative" Southern states that vote early as the reason he's trailing.
Bernie Sanders has a problem with the Democratic primary process.
On Comedy Central's "Nightly Show," the Democratic presidential candidate complained that southern states vote early in the calendar, suggesting it as a reason he trails Hillary Clinton in the primary.
"People say, 'Why does Iowa go first, why does New Hampshire go first,' but I think that having so many Southern states go first kind of distorts reality as well," Sanders told Larry Wilmore after he was asked Wednesday if the primary system is rigged. "We started off this campaign having to run in the Deep South," he said. "We didn't do all that wellit's a conservative part of our country. But since we've been out of the South, we're doing pretty well."
It has become a recurring talking point for Sanders. After winning Utah in late March, Sanders told supporters, "We knew from day one that we were going to have, politically, a hard time in the Deep South. That is a conservative part of our country. But we knew things were going to improve as we headed west."
Large victoriesfirst in South Carolina on Feb. 27, then in Texas, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia on March 1have helped propel Clinton to a lead of about 250 pledged delegates, according to an Associated Press count.
But does Sanders' argument hold up?
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-14/sanders-trails-clinton-for-different-reasons-than-he-claims
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)and glad that for everyone it seems disingenuous!!!
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Scooby Doo Excuse.
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)we know a Carnival Barker, when we see one.
msongs
(67,405 posts)otohara
(24,135 posts)call to arms while smearing and blaming the Democratic party, DNC, math, shenanigans, Southern voters.
Fans eat it up!
CrowCityDem
(2,348 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)"Hillary won the South because it's very conservative there. But look! We won Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Alaska!"