I assumed this played a role, but it is disappointing if the only reason Sanders is winning (so far) is because Clinton’s voters didn’t bother to turn out to vote.
I considered voting for Trump just because he is an easier candidate to beat in the general election, but decided against it.
Looking at the NYT results, nothing yet from NW Indiana (Gary and environs), which is heavily Democratic and heavily African-American, so Hillary should (depending on turnout) do well there…but still to close to call. Indiana Election Results 2016 – The New York Times
I still cannot believe Donald Trump is going to be the nominee for President…oh, it is going to happen, I know that, I still just cannot figure out how We The People have done that to ourselves.
Of course, neither can the RNC, who are supposed to be the ‘smart guys’…
Yeah, most of what’s remaining is NW Indiana and southern Indiana, both of which Clinton is doing well in. And Marion county/Indianapolis which as them tied but I suspect will go to Clinton.
It won’t be a big win but I’ll be surprised if Clinton doesn’t win.
Umm, primary polls not being as good as general election polls happened.
Edit: Also, if the person with a 10% chance never wins, that’s not a good forecast, in the same way that sometimes you should get rained on when the weather forecast says there’s a 10% chance of rain.
What the hell. On CNN they’ve got a breaking news banner saying “campaign source: Cruz to drop out of presidential race” in the middle of his speech. If true this is one of the most fired up stump style concession speech Ive ever seen.
You’re reading things into the forecasts that aren’t there. They do not declare a single thing that will happen. If the 10% chance candidate never wins, that also reflects badly on their forecasts. There are fifty states and several territories voting, so we should expect someone with a 10% chance to win to win sometimes.
A 10% chance of rain does not mean that you can leave your umbrella at home and not risk getting wet.
Looking at the results so far (on the NYT map I referenced above), Sanders lead is about 23,000 votes (57% reporting), but there are still 118 precincts in Evansville where Hillary is currently posting a 65-35 lead, and Gary hasn’t changed except to show “initial results”.
Sanders probably will win, but I think it will tighten up. The three big college towns (IU, Purdue, Notre Dame) are pretty much counted (and about half of the Sanders lead is from those three locations–he’s doing very well with the IU students). We’ll see if Clinton can close the gap.
I’m surprised that Clinton is trailing in Marion County but so it goes. The map was showing a lot more Clinton leads in central Indiana earlier that all switched to Sanders. I’m not saying election conspiracy but… totally election conspiracy