…the rather standard and presumptive claim that the party, which is home to the most racially and ethnically diverse array of voters, must leave the earliest and most influential choice about its presidential candidate to two states that look very little like the party or the country. The argument that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire are somehow specially trained or primed and therefore “take the responsibility seriously,” in some sort of unique way, seems largely emotional, even nostalgia-driven in the light of turnout results in far more diverse South Carolina.

If the turnout patterns and election outcomes look the same in most Super Tuesday states, consider that another blow. Voters in New Hampshire and Iowa didn’t simply behave quite differently than those in Nevada and South Carolina; they delivered different election outcomes indicating that, for them, Sanders’s message and Sanders’s political priorities were a good or at least not an uncomfortable fit.

What Hillary Clinton’s massive win among black voters really says – The Washington Post

Look you fuckwits, it’s not about Iowa or NH being representative, it’s about them being smaller media markets where you can successfully run without have a ton of cash in your war chest. What the fuck part of that is so damn hard for you dipshits to understand?

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