The silent majority strength of Hillary Clinton supporters
I've seen and heard many people wonder how Bernie could possibly be losing with his "YUGE" rallies. How on earth could he possibly be losing with all of the Bernie yard signs and bumper stickers I see. How can he be losing with so much Twitter support. Umm....yard signs, rallies, bumper stickers, etc do not a vote make. We've known Hillary Clinton for years. When a movement comes along that is new, people always want to enthusiastically support it and display it so thats not a surprise. However, when it came to election day people were so surprised that Hillary was pulling out wins. I have no Hillary paraphernalia. No bumper stickers because I've always felt bumper stickers were tacky, no yard signs, no buttons, no t-shirts, etc. But I'm still a voter. I may not be at rallies and all the such, but I vote, and clearly many other people are the same as me.
The other thing that is being EXTREMELY understated going forward to the general election is the Clinton machine!!! Many people can keep their head buried in every poll that comes out as some sort of doom and gloom for Hillary. She has been working a general election field game FOR MONTHS!!!! Its already been reported that Donald Trump's ground game is severely lacking. Organization and ground game is what got Obama his win. Forget polls. Elections have become so much about data and infrastructure and Hillary has that, particularly with some of the same people on her team now that were on Obama's team.
Am I saying that there aren't voting irregularities? No. I'm sure there are. But its not to the extent that it has "stolen" anything from Bernie Sanders. Keep underestimating the Clinton ground game. You'll do it at your own peril as was proven during this primary process. I saw post after post about how much the increased voter registration and independents and the such were going to be "seismic" for Bernie in California. What do the California results show? I find myself talking to people who are wonderfully passionate for their candidate but are very ignorant to the PROCESS and intricacies these days of how elections are won!!!!
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