The DNC & Estabishment Were Key to Getting the Urban Vote:

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How did Hillary "win" Massachusetts?

By winning Boston and Springfield. How did she win those two cities? Thanks to the vested interests: DNC & Greater Establishment:


http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/how_did_hillary_clinton_win_massachusetts_springfield_boston_urban_vote.html

Boston and Springfield carried Massachusetts for her," said Springfield-based political strategist Tony Cignoli. "Without winning Boston and winning Springfield, she would not have had the victory she did."

In the city of Boston, Clinton beat Sanders 57.7 percent to 41.5 percent. In Springfield, Clinton won 60.8 percent to 37.9 percent – one of the largest margins in the state.

Because these are large cities, a significant victory means a lot of votes. In Boston, the largest city in Massachusetts, Clinton picked up close to 20,000 votes over Sanders – an amount that is higher than her statewide margin of victory. In Springfield, the third largest city, Clinton beat Sanders by 4,300 votes. (The second largest city, Worcester, mirrored statewide results, with Clinton squeezing out a victory of 50.4 percent to 48.3 percent.)

Clinton had also won Springfield in the 2008 presidential primary, although now-President Barack Obama won Boston that year.

In both Springfield and Boston, Clinton picked up some powerful endorsements – and the get out the vote operations of the powerful political establishment.

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, and State Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, both sent their teams of supporters to help the Clinton campaign.

"Those two organizations really poured it on. It was almost as if this was a trial run for their own ... elections," Cignoli said.

Neal has been supporting her for months, and he recorded a robocall for Clinton that went out on Election Day. "I certainly had conversations with a lot of people urging support for her," Neal said in an interview.

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno also endorsed Clinton, and Sarno's college-age daughter fired up supporters via social media.
"Every major figure in the state was for Clinton." - Prof. Maurice Cunningham

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was another major endorsement for Clinton, since Walsh brings with him a cadre of staff and volunteers, many of whom turned out for Clinton.

Maurice Cunningham, associate professor of political science at UMass Boston, said the strong institutional support of the Democratic Party was a major factor boosting Clinton in the urban centers. "Every major figure in the state was for Clinton and ... there was certainly a strong effort in those places by the institutional Democratic Party," Cunningham said.

[Codeine]

1. Pro-tip

Don't spend your entire political career bad-mouthing a political party and then expect the functionaries of said party to back ou against someone who has spent their adult life working to advance party goals and who has risen to superstar status in that party.

Bernie knew this going in; not sure why his flock is so surprised.

[frazzled]

2. Elected officials, both federal and state, have endorsed her

We are well aware of that. Endorsements can matter at election time, when people look to the people they've already elected and respect for confirmation and/or guidance. I don't see some "DNC" plot here. It's the way things work. No one had a gun to their head to endorse her.

If you wanted an anti-establishment candidate, you can't start whining that the establishment isn't endorsing him.

[Hoyt]

3. So getting help from supporters is now wrong. Maybe Sanders should have become a Democrat decades

ago, rather than running against Democrats, slamming a sitting Prez in a tough race, etc.