2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSurvey USA (A rated)* Florida Poll- Clinton Nearly Double Sanders 60-31 and gaining
http://www.surveyusa.com/index.php/2016/03/08/time-lapse-photography-into-the-state-of-florida-031516-republican-primary-cruz-moving-up-rubio-trending-down-trump-impervious-still-in-the-lead/
*http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/pollster-ratings/
livetohike
(22,144 posts)Cobalt Violet
(9,905 posts)Happenstance24
(193 posts)1. We don't know if MI was a fluke or a turning point yet.
2. Florida is a closed primary. No Pugs, no Indies and Bernie is losing the Dem vote significantly.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)may have crossed over to vote against Trump, or stayed home. Besides whatever else was happening, of course. I'm wondering if Bernie ultimately voting against funding the bailout was forgiven because he came across as not a party to the financial mess in voter minds.
In any case, it will be interesting to learn more about what crossover voting, in all directions in both parties, might be happening.
Happenstance24
(193 posts)She didn't go full out in campaigning in MI like she did in SC and NV. She thought the Detroit/Flint area would be enough. Then she focused on Trump and not Bernie. Dumb moves. She won't make the same mistake though. MI gave Bernie a week of extra oxygen but he has to win Ohio or Illinois to keep the momentum going. NC and Florida are closed and semi-closed contests. No indy or Pug help there and that's Bernie's main backers. He'll lose both of them convincingly IMO. At least Bernie's in Florida trying to mitigate the losses. He should have done that with the southern states. He wouldn't be in such a hole.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)despite outstandingly misleading coverage on TV. Perhaps this may be good for the Democratic Party. We want the media reporting what our candidate(s) are for and are saying, and this should drag a little more attention over from the circus.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Uglystick
(88 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)It will really be interesting to compare the outcomes in Ohio and Florida this primary.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)so it is a meaningless win for us.