Double checking the upcoming Tuesday primary polls, and holy crap, Sanders is in danger of not....

[George II]

....getting ANY delegates in Mississippi!

The latest poll (last week) in Mississippi has Clinton leading 65-11 (lots of undecided, though). If he doesn't get up to 15%, Clinton will get ALL of the delegates.

In Michigan Clinton is ahead by 57.8 to 37.8.

[book_worm]

1. He's likely to exceed 15% in Mississippi given the undecideds but I can see

it being one of his worse states. Possibly 18-20 percent. As a reference Obama won Mississippi 61-36 in 2008 with the delegate count divided 20-13. It is likely that Bernie will come out of Mississippi with 6 or fewer delegates.

[George II]

3. Yes, I'm sure he'll get over 15%, it just shocked me that he's at only 11%....

....(but with about 25+% undecided) just two days before the primary.

But I suspect that anyone in Mississippi who is undecided that's watching this debate so far tonight will think twice before voting for him.

[yallerdawg]

21. Alabama was 19.2%.

Undecided in Mississippi most likely means not sure yet if they are going to go vote or not.

[UtahLib]

2. K&R

[Nonhlanhla]

4. Mississippi not Berning. nt.

[DemonGoddess]

7. O_O

[Loki]

8. Board win!!!!

n/t

[SunSeeker]

9. DUzy!

[Maru Kitteh]

11. .

[Tarheel_Dem]

19. DuZy!

[fleabiscuit]

24. LOL n/t

[lunamagica]

27. lol

[SunSeeker]

10. Red states don't count, eh?

Or is it just the ones that don't feel the Bern?

[George II]

12. So the Democratic Party shouldn't hold primaries in states like Mississippi? Should we just....

....write off the DEMOCRATS in states that don't vote Democratic simply because they're "red states"?

PS, this is the Hillary Clinton Group, thank you.

[denverbill]

14. My bad. Shouldn't have posted that here. Self-deleted.

[Hekate]

16. Can't win them all. Thanks for rethinking the location at least.

[denverbill]

18. I will answer your question then as well.

You asked whether Democrats should just ignore Mississippi in terms of primaries. I would say this.

Howard Dean pushed the 50 state strategy when he headed the DNC. I support the 50 state strategy. If the DNC does not support the 50 state strategy, the weight of votes given to states should be proportional to the DNC's support of candidates in those states. If the DNC is not going to give equal money to candidates running in Mississippi to attempt to compete there, who gives a damn about winning in Mississippi, because it ain't going to happen.

It's not that Mississippi or Democrats in Mississippi don't matter. It's that without even a modicum of effort by the DNC to try to win there, it's pretty damned ridiculous to treat those votes as important to winning in 2016.

I apologize for posting my original post in the HRC group, but I felt like I owed you an additional reply.

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. You do realize that red state Democrats also send Democratic Reps to the House right? It's not all..

about the presidency. Turning out Democrats in a primary, is never a bad thing. How dare you.

[denverbill]

22. Red state Democrats send a handful of highly gerrymandered Reps each election.

Even though Democrats should be winning more and more seats if the DNC ever made a remote attempt to compete in these states.

Indeed how dare I suggest that Democrats attempt to compete in all 50 states instead of just sending money to 'safe' districts. Because god knows the status quo is just fine.

[fleabiscuit]

25. It's nice to have a democrat that contributes to the democratic money pool. eom

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. So, we agree that red state Democrats are just as important as the rest of the country. Thanks.

[Hekate]

23. Quite all right. Let's continue our conversation....elsewhere.

[Hekate]

13. In 1968 Wallace ran on the American Independent Party for the white racist vote, and got it.

But thank you for your input.

Nowadays I think the African American vote would be a Democratic Party force to be reckoned with in Mississippi.

[sheshe2]

6. K&R!

[William769]

15. If they weren't undecided & watched the debate this evening, they are decided now!

[George II]

17. Senator Sanders did not do himself any favors tonight, nor did he win any votes in Michigan, either.

[SharonClark]

26. K&R

[Setsuna1972]

29. HIllary's taking Mississippi and Michigan tomorrow for sure

The only question left how will the angry Bernie supporters insult the voters in those two states