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NewJeffCT

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3. Sanders did not turn out persons of color in the primaries
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:11 AM
Jan 2017

they voted overwhelmingly for Clinton. While they still would have voted heavily for Sanders in the general election, they would not have turned out nearly as heavily for an old white Jewish guy from an overwhelmingly white state in Vermont.

Sure, maybe he picks up a few more rural votes than Clinton did, but even lower turnout in cities like Detroit, Flint, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee would have doomed him in those states. He'd likely have also lost Virginia (Richmond) and maybe Minnesota (Minneapolis and St Paul), which Clinton won narrowly. The increase in the rural votes was due to fears of terrorism and immigration. Sanders would get none of those voters. Maybe Sanders gets that extra electoral vote in Maine, though.

And, sure, Clinton narrowly lost Florida despite beating Obama's numbers from 2012 - if Sanders was running, maybe Trump has Florida locked up early and he goes after other states as well?

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