Democratic Super Tuesday results thread (first polls close at 7pm ET)

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It is time for everybody to start uniting around Hillary Clinton in the fight to stop Trump. Sanders has, actually, performed an important role so far, in making the Democratic primary contested and in the news: this is always good for an eventual nominee. I hope he continues in the race: his presence has been beneficial. But we should not be losing the main objective: Trump has to be stopped. At this point, all sane people should not lose track of this prime objective.

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Anyway, Trump won Newton, MA, well known to be populated entirely by uneducated rubes... oh wait...

A Newton Republican is such a rare beast indeed, I am surprised the town was not won by a cat. I mean, in terms of votes in Newton:

Clinton 14,640
Sanders 8,489
Trump 2,197
Kasich 1,785
Rubio  1,602
Cruz 443

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I'm not suggesting that it says anything about how Newton would vote in a General Election (overwhelmingly Democratic obviously) or even that the sort of person who votes in the R primary in Newton, MA is in any respect a typical resident of said dormitory suburb (i.e. they're about as typical as the Shenandoah Valley residents who voted for Sanders). Just that it is a useful illustration of the fact that Trump's support runs deeper into certain parts of the Republican electorate than maybe the more smugly complacent posters here are willing to face up to.

I am starting to have increasingly many conversations with friends who consider voting for Trump in a Republican primary, thinking that Trump would be easier to defeat in November. I think they are both ridiculous and wrong to be taking it as a joke this late in the game (the SOB will be anything but easy to defeat). However, in places like Newton you would expect these likely Dem voters to form a substantial chunk of the Republican primary electorate. MA has a primary open to registered independents. I would not be surprized if a few hundred Trump voters in Newton voted for him to help elect Clinton.

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I mean I'm in Newton and I voted in the Republican primary for tactical reasons

Please do not tell me you voted for the national socialist!

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I mean I'm in Newton and I voted in the Republican primary for tactical reasons

Please do not tell me you voted for the national socialist!

It was the Republican primary.

Well, obviously. No national socialist was running in the Democratic primary.

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I mean I'm in Newton and I voted in the Republican primary for tactical reasons

Please do not tell me you voted for the national socialist!

It was the Republican primary.

Well, obviously. No national socialist was running in the Democratic primary.

Fair enough, but TRUMP isn't a national socialist either.

Well, ok, he is a fascist (as are his supporters)