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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
On Super Tuesday 2008 Obama won a grand total of 13 delegates more than Clinton, bringing his lead in elected delegates to 20-something, even though he was notably behind on Superdelegates and a bit behind in total popular votes. Clinton had led initially, but he overtook her just before Super Tuesday, and it wasn't entirely clear who upcoming states would favor.
On Super Tuesday 2016, Clinton came in with a 25 delegate lead and added 165 delegates to it, despite fewer delegates being up in the race. She was about a million and a half votes ahead in the popular vote and going into a series of states that were favorable to her.
And, yes, Bernie went hard negative against her and it escalated throughout the primary season, even as his hopes dwindled from minimal to zilch.
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I think the Bernie-Clinton tensions are overstated by a media that loves to play up conflict. Bernie's attacks on her were often self-indulgent and were more negative than they might have been, and I didn't agree with them, but I also don't think the fact that he was attacking her made much difference in the end. Trump's opponents in the primaries said much worse about him, and yet he won. There continues to be a center-left split in the party, but it has been there for years, and Bernie and Clinton are manifestations of it rather than the causes. The left will continue to suspect that the center is overly pragmatic and cautious, and the center will continue to complain that the left is a bunch of hippies and communists who will never be accepted by most of America. They're both right.
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