For weeks the Bernie Sanders crowd insisted that he was going to "win big" in New York City. After all, he was a hometown boy from Brooklyn, and a few years, or even 40 years, living in Vermont means nothing when you have the Big Apple in your heart.
And indeed, Sanders seemed to have "intensity" and "momentum" right up until the polls closed on Primary Election Day and it all fell apart. Because Hillary not only won the hearts and minds of Democrats in the Big Apple - she got a landslide of support, higher than projected, both in turnout and delegates won.
Bernie didn't even win the precinct where he grew up. He didn't win any ethnic groups, not even the Jewish voters. Yes, he won in white rural counties with few voters and few delegates outside the cities. It just wasn't enough.
.@MSNBC cuts #Trump to say #Hillary WINS #NY 61% over #Bernie 39% #NYPrimary #PrimaryDay #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/ZTcMAoT2Km
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) April 20, 2016
#HILLARY WINS NEW YORK ❤️❤️❤️ - with 40% of vote in it's 61% / 40%!
— AMC (@Truthbuster) April 20, 2016
A couple of New Yorkers heading to the polls. #PrimaryDayhttps://t.co/NWLHCzykyU
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 19, 2016
I wonder who she voted for.#ImWithHer #PrimaryDay pic.twitter.com/OD1SzSHmkd
— Adam Smith (@AdamSmith_USA) April 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton won New York!
— Adam Smith (@AdamSmith_USA) April 20, 2016
RT if you're proud to say #ImWithHer. #PrimaryDay pic.twitter.com/DfiCrCDauM
More votes ✔️
— Adam Smith (@AdamSmith_USA) April 20, 2016
More States ✔️
More pledged delegates ✔️
I'd call that a revolution.#ImWithHer #PrimaryDay pic.twitter.com/Nfcp5sRe73
"Victory" never tasted so good. Thanks, @MikeyLikesItNY.https://t.co/1jxm6JscOf
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 20, 2016
#NYPrimary Thank you to all the #ImWithHer volunteers and poll workers! Thank you New York! #UniteBlue #p2 pic.twitter.com/Qm4v0siILl
— Laurel Davila, CPA (@laureldavilacpa) April 20, 2016
In 2008, Maya Angelou wrote an incredible poem for @HillaryClinton: https://t.co/JVd2fBC0Lp #NPM16 #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/el5UsYTEBG
— Madam President (@Madam_President) April 20, 2016
Wow @SenSanders even lost BROOKLYN his birthplace. #PrimaryDay #FeelTheBern #NYPrimary @HillaryClinton @SenSanders pic.twitter.com/QhQFVZ0pIF
— Paul G (@ny007ny) April 20, 2016
— Julie Whitaker (@julesdwit) April 20, 2016
Clinton sweeping Manhattan, much of white liberal Brooklyn. This is not Bernie's night. pic.twitter.com/HGizEYLx87
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 20, 2016
Bernie wins white men; Hillary sweeps the rest. #NYPrimary pic.twitter.com/ClQTSGyXNP
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) April 20, 2016
Still so happy about #Hillary #ImWithHer #NYPrimary #PrimaryDay #SorryBernie #Denial #Enough pic.twitter.com/s6I4t9B4QN
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) April 20, 2016
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