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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
Caucuses vs Primaries doesn't matter. The reason Obama has done so well in caucuses is because he's had the money to put the organization on the ground. Hillary didn't contest the caucus states because she couldn't afford to. A win is a win. Period.
Red state and blue state doesn't matter either. If it did then they shouldn't have primaries in all of the states, they should only have primaries in the "states that matter"
The dems, independents, and republican vote proportions that you keep bringing up actually hurt your candidate. You can't win the white house without getting a majority of the independent voters in this country. You claiming that he's only won because of independent support is actually a nail in her coffin.
All of the momentum is on Obama's side right now. He's going to win Texas, he has a good chance of winning Ohio, and if she does hold on to win Ohio it will be so close that the delegate count from Ohio will be practically a split.
I really don't see how she can justify dragging it out further than that when she has no chance in catching him in either the popular vote or in the pledged delegate count....the appearance at that point would be that she's hoping the superdelegates will "steal" the nomination for her....and like I said earlier, that would ruin the democratic party forever.
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Obama had the money on the ground in caucus states but also had the demographics and raw enthusiasm of the youth and affluent voters to take the time to go do a caucus which is simply not a reality for most common workers and older voters. There is a reason caucuses are not part of the GE as they simply don't allow for the involvement of everyone as you have to be there at a specific time of the day before the doors close, unlike a primary where you can vote early and on voting day have 12 hours to get to the polls to cast their vote.
And if you don't think red state vs blue state matters then I don't know what to tell ya.