“I hope this convinces Bernie to tone it down. If not, f**k him.”
A Politico reporter says this is what he was told Tuesday night, after Clinton won the New York primary, with around 58 percent of the vote to Sanders’ 42 percent.
Sanders won the vast majority of New York state, but Clinton won the densely populated urban areas, particularly New York City
More than one-quarter (27 percent) of New York’s registered voters were therefore unable to vote in the primary. Because they were registered either as independents or with third parties, 3.2 million New Yorkers were left without a voice.
In order to participate, voters had to register for a party in October, six months before the primary. And this is not even considering the possibility of being purged from the records.
The Nation flatly stated that New York has “some of the worst voting laws in the country.” It has no early voting, no same-day registration, no pre-registration and no out-of-precinct voting.
North Carolina, in fact, invoked New York laws to justify its own harsh voting restrictions.
Sanders, a Vermont senator who has been elected for decades as an independent, does significantly better with independent voters than Clinton.
Sanders said he commiserated with the more than 3 million New Yorkers who were unable to vote.
Some 3 million independents in New York will be unable to vote in the primaries on Tuesday because of the rule, Sanders said, adding it’s something he’d like to see changed.
After circling the rest of the block, Sanders disappeared into his hotel and was soon on his way to the airport. He has two campaign stops planned Tuesday in Pennsylvania, which is one of five states holding primaries on April 26. Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary is closed, too.Hillary Clinton won New York, but her image is underwater - The Washington Post
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