Democratic Freak States Holy Saturday results thread (1st caucuses begin @1pmET)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Bernie could be the Goldwater of the left. He might not succeed now, but his message is showing that the youth want to return this party to the party of labor, not soccer moms.

More like McGovern imo. Over-optimistic college youth learn to lose the hard way.

People who were college students in 1972, 1984, 1988, and 2004 say they were convinced that the Democratic candidate would win, and that they didn't know anyone who voted for the Republican, are shocked on election night, devolve into conspiracy theories, and eventually learn to accept that their candidate lost fair and square.

The college campus bubble is strong and has been around for 50 years. Young people no matter what decade they live in think the world revolves around them. I'm guilty of this sometimes myself. It's nothing new.

Weren't college students the most Republican demographic in 1988?

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Rules are rules, but I don't think low turnout unrepresentative caucuses are the best thing for the party. I like both of our candidates and I don't mind seeing the race go on (especially because California's top-two system can product nasty results if only Republicans have competitive races, such as CA-31 in 2012), but I really don't believe these kind of margins are representative of the broader Democratic electorate.

I think all states should have primaries. And, I think if Washington Republicans can have a primary for delegates, Democrats should certainly do so as well. I would hope this is something the party can work on for the future once we have our nominee.

Agreed. Caucuses are a relic

For the anti-caucus crowd, if you got your way and caucuses were done away with, would you make an exception for Iowa?  There is a lot of tradition there, and they do a good job managing it.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Name some states where Sanders did better in urban areas than rural ones. 

It seems to me like Hillary is the urban candidate and Sanders is the rural candidate, even in states where Sanders won both areas and Hillary won both areas.

Tennessee:

Statewide, Sanders had 32%, but 34% in Nashville and a whopping 48% in Knoxville.  Granted, he was only 19% in the other large city, Memphis, which has a much bigger minority population.