Posted on 02/12/2020 1:44:20 AM PST by 11th_VA
The relatively low turnout for Iowa's Democratic caucuses prompted some concerns about Democratic enthusiasm in the 2020 election, but New Hampshire primary voters turned out in force on Tuesday. With nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting, 274,785 people voted in the Democratic primary, above the 253,062 turnout level in 2016 and edging close to the record turnout of 287,527 in 2008, as NBC's Steve Kornacki notes.
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So, was there low turnout or a near record? Sheesh.
And it only took half a dozen other candidates to siphon off his votes!
Did all 274k dems vote dem? 25% of Trump rally attendees were dems. Maybe they voted trump in the primary
They can only vote for Dems in the primary... so they voted for Bernie and went to the trump rally
Iowa was low turnout NH was not.
CNN exit polls showed that a vast majority of NH primary voters describe themselves as “moderate.” That doesn’t bode well for Sanders or Warrn, and it explains why Amy is surging.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens going forward. Events are difficult to predict and have a huge influence on voter choice.
Hillary was the moderate candidate in 2016 and Bernie trounced her 70-30 in New Hampshire.
I think what is insightful is that the commie from the adjacent state barely beat out buttplug. That to me says a lot about his underlying strength (buttplug). Sanders and warren together did not get 40%. Buttplug and the drunk beat them out.
Sanders is the one with real support,maybe Warren. The others are completed manufactured. As a result there support is shallow. Enthusiasm is virtually none for them. This all about not having Bernie and to me that is not a way to win the Presidency.
Here’s hoping a lot of those votes were Republican cross-overs.
I will say again, as I did over and over during the Romney disaster in 2012, that “winning” with 28% or 30% of the vote makes no sense at all if 72% of the voters really, really don’t want you.
It’s one thing in a final election to choose someone for a job, if there are multiple candidates (although runoffs are much better).
But in a preference poll? To choose a candidate who can win a two-man election?
It can only work in the presence of party loyalty so strong that all, or most, of the 70% who voted AGAINST candidate X are certain to vote for him in November.
Such party loyalty no longer exists in the US, and hasn’t for years.
They say that 10% of the Bernie Bros voted for Trump because they were so disgusted LAST time. I can imagine that will be a LOT higher this time. I do believe right now Bernie HAS his support. The 70% that don’t support him aren’t going to. Intelligent people will recognize the Rats can’t win without Wall Street cash and Bernie will get none.
Sanders did not win.
He merely tied with the queer.
They both won 9 delegates
Ah, I didn’t catch that. That’s what happens when you wake up at 4am and can’t go back to sleep, finding yourself on FR.
Still, not bad for a commie. he should get more then 50 votes in a otherwise sane world.
Still, not bad for a commie. he should NOT get more then 50 votes in a otherwise sane world.
Did all 274k dems vote dem? 25% of Trump rally attendees were dems. Maybe they voted trump in the primary
Yes, NH has a closed primary system. The 274k is the vote totals of the Dem side.
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