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Originally Posted by Edwin Watson  actually, both states had record primary turn outs if I remember right? |
Like I said, 40% of the voters in MI turned out just to vote AGAINST Clinton. I would wager a guess those votes were for Obama and, had he been on the ballot, more people would have shown up to vote for him. You can deny it all you want, but when you're the only major contender on the ballot and you still only garner 55% of the vote, I don't necessarily see that as a positive thing...
As far as record turnout, like I said, if 40% showed up just to make a statement about how much they don't want to vote for Clinton, I'm not so sure that works in her favor. Florida is a different matter. Maybe she still would have won, but who knows by how much of a margin had Obama campaigned there. Either way, to say it would be fair to reinstate those votes after the fact is just ridiculous given the circumstances and it's no big secret that it would cause a huge rift within the DNC to even argue it at this point.