Clinton Campaign: We Misunderstood the Electorate

[Cheese Sandwich]

In a statement issued early Wednesday, Sanders said:

“I am grateful to the people of Michigan for defying the pundits and pollsters and giving us their support. This is a critically important night. We came from 30 points down in Michigan and we’re seeing the same kind of come-from-behind momentum all across America.

“Not only is Michigan the gateway to the rest of the industrial Midwest, the results there show that we are a national campaign. We already have won in the Midwest, New England and the Great Plains and as more people get to know more about who we are and what our views are we’re going to do very well.”

Sanders, who hasn’t done well with minority voters in Southern primaries, refused to abandon the state where Clinton had been expected to maintain her so-called “firewall” of support among African-American voters.

The Democratic socialist has hit Clinton hard on her support for trade deals, which hurt her in the Rust Belt where agreements like North American Free Trade Agreement have cost jobs, as well for a a false representation of Sanders' position on the 2009 auto industry bailout.

A Clinton campaign aide told CNN the former secretary of state didn’t underestimate Sanders, but misunderstood the electorate. After an impressive win in Mississippi Tuesday, the Clinton campaign is emphasizing that she carried the night in delegates. She picked up 28 in Mississippi, compared with 1 for Sanders. In Michigan, 148 Democratic delegates are it stake, and they could be evenly split.
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http://patch.com/michigan/royaloak/2016-michigan-primary-election-results-polls-open-until-8-tuesday-night

[Kip Humphrey]

1. “I am grateful to the people of Michigan for defying the pundits and pollsters and giving us their s

support."

WHAT in the world does this even mean? She had an 18 point lead!!! Am I missing something?

[Cheese Sandwich]

2. That part was the Sanders statement.

[Kip Humphrey]

8. Oops headline/text mishap in my brain (I'm still jumping for joy!) Thanks. Makes sense now.

[Cheese Sandwich]

10. We won Michigan!

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Sanders said that, not Hillary. nt

[DLnyc]

5. that's actually Bernie's statement, not Hillary's

[angstlessk]

7. I understand your confusion

I did a double take myself!

[angstlessk]

9. Which raises this question?

Has Hillary said anything about Michigan?

[Yuugal]

4. Rich people misunderestimating us again.....

[liberal_at_heart]

6. misunderstood the electorate? Uh, yeah! When you are uber rich and out of touch

with average people you tend to misunderstand them.

[Betty Karlson]

24. Mic Drop!

(We can't afford to wait for pennies and other shoes to drop.)

[merrily]

11. It's the theology, stupid. The electorate doesn't believe in evolution, but it believes in miracles.

So, will Hillary be evolving again tomorrow? Medicare for all is doable, after all, but only she can git er done? Free college is a great idea, but Bernie can't work with the vast right wing conspiracy as well as she can? $30 an hour minimum wage?

I await breathlessly.

[Armstead]

28. "I voted against the auto bailout too."

[merrily]

29. "Thou shalt not bear false witness." One of the Big Ten.

[Barack_America]

12. No, Hillary. The electorate decided twenty years ago that we don't like you.

Sorry, but it is what it is in the industrial Northern states decimated by NAFTA.

[slipslidingaway]

13. Reminds me of Greenspan who was not wrong, it was only the model he followed that was flawed ...

Alan Greenspan 'I realized the model I followed was flawed' ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=663752

The middle class is disappearing, that is not a hard concept to grasp.

[ibegurpard]

14. The entire DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Has misunderstood the electorate.
The enormous dropoffs in midterm elections in 2010 and 2014 and the significant dropoff in 2012 should tell us that something isn't working!

[Lorien]

18. Ain't that the truth! If the Hillary camp spent more time in the real world and less

courting billionaires at swanky dinner fundraisers they might be aware of who the electorate is!

[MisterP]

37. they understand the electorate--they think it thinks it's too good for its perfect candidates

so the Republican wins are all the fault of the commoners, meaning they have to be locked out of the process even harder

[Attorney in Texas]

15. Better headline "Clinton Mistakes The Rest of the Country for Mississippi"

[pacalo]

20. OMG.

[laundry_queen]

21. LOL!!

[dana_b]

33. hehehehe..

good one.

[Warren DeMontague]

35. Yep.

While also mistaking 2016 for 1996.

[silvershadow]

16. Meanwhile, Bernie hasn't changed his message much in forever. Literally.

Meaning, he isn't a weathervane, but he does know which way the wind is blowing.

[agracie]

17. Maybe Clinton misunderstood the electorate, but the electorate understood her just fine.

[Lorien]

19. So true. nt

[Raine]

22. Uh yah Hillary, you sure did misunderstand. nt

[merrily]

30. It's not that she misunderstood them. It's that they understood her.

[billhicks76]

23. Actions vs Words

[Enthusiast]

25. Yay, Bernie!

[Demsrule86]

36. Congrats

while I still do not believe Bernie can win a general...and I am still (as an auto wife) bitter about the vote in 2009 (final auto bill), I will support Bernie should he be the candidate in November and work tirelessly to help him get elected. In any case congrats on Michigan.

[libtodeath]

26. She has been running for President for 16 years and she says she misunderstood

the electorate?

What does that say about her?

[TheBlackAdder]

27. What? People don't like being PANDERED to, or LIED to? How soon until Flint is kicked to the curb?

[cyberswede]

31. What would she have done differently if she *had* understood the electorate?

Pandered to them differently? Misrepresented her opponent differently?

Sanders talks about his vision the same way everywhere, and has been consistent for decades. Maybe *that* is what the electorate likes.

[VulgarPoet]

32. Misunderstood? More like blew a lead hard enough to make Tony Romo wince. nt

[winter is coming]

34. I guess 200 financial advisors wasn't enough? n/t

[Doctor_J]

38. I hope her worshippers are starting to get how much trouble we'll be in if she gets nominated

[Ferd Berfel]

39. Whoda Thunk?