The Myth of Sanders' electability

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(05-12-2016, 02:41 PM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: Largely her open wins came form the south....Where it was nearly a guarantee she would win.  When it comes to the North however her open wins were much closer and much fewer.  She only had 5 open wins in the North vs. Sanders 10.  

It would have been much closer and or a win for Sanders.

Bye the way...I am not a Sanders supporter nor a Clinton supporter.  I chose to vote in the GOP primary this year, not becasue I have a dog in that fight either, and I am struggling to figure out who I will vote for in November.

If we're going to argue regions, I'd counter with the fact that only one of those 8 open states that Bernie won was a "Northern" state, the rest were Midwest or the West Coast. Hillary did quite well in the Midatlantic, winning by double digits in NY, VA, MD, DE, and PA. I don't see any evidence to suggest that an open primary would have made up for that 16% loss. It wasn't close.