Hawaii, Washington and Alaska. A Bernie sweep.
You could make something of a point - "well, after all, it's the Left Coast, y'know". Except for that Alaska thing. Seems there may be a bit of a fly in that sugar bowl.
You could make something of a point - "well, after all, it's the Left Coast, y'know". Except for that Alaska thing. Seems there may be a bit of a fly in that sugar bowl.
Alaska isn't exactly a hotbed of Hippie Liberals - even on the Dem side of things (I suspect). State-wide, they generally elect people from out on the right end of the spectrum, and there's no compelling reason for me to believe there isn't something of a 'Conserva-Dem slant' to Alaska Democrats as well. Which (to me) should mean that a Neo-Liberal like Hillary ought to have done pretty well, or at least she shoulda done OK. She didn't - not well, and not OK. She didn't land one lousy trick all day; and you can point to some Grand Strategy of having to concentrate your efforts and bypass certain states or areas or whatever, but you'd best not be ignoring the simple fact that she got her Butt. Stomped. Straight-up.
Just averaging the percentages of the votes in those 3 states shows Hillary lost 75-25. If you get beat by a 3:1 margin by anybody anywhere at anything, you might have more than a bit of trouble. And in "your own party"?
But then, what's up with the apportioning of the delegates? I don't pretend to know how it all works, or how it's supposed to work. And a political party gets to do things the way they wanna do things. But maybe somebody needs to take a long look at the party rules that say a candidate can "win" 40% of the delegates by getting 25% of the votes(?)
You guys are The Democrats. You know - like democracy and shit? A bit more of that first part and a lot less of the second, if you please.
You guys are The Democrats. You know - like democracy and shit? A bit more of that first part and a lot less of the second, if you please.
