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Michigan Presidential Primary

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03.08.16 | 11:56 am

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While the GOP kamikaze assault on Drumpf begins to ramp up towards their Blitzkrieg next week might be “entertaining” and all, seeing how the first major “rust-belt” primary turns out will be telling on the Democratic side.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/lestatdelc/64/10313_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-michigan-presidential-primary/34202" rel="external" class="url">lestatdelc</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 8, 2016">March 8, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Where are these numbers coming from?</p> <p>MI results are not released until the polls close in the upper panhandle counties (9 p.m. EST)</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for srfromgr" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/srfromgr/64/10668_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-michigan-presidential-primary/34202" rel="external" class="url">srfromgr</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 8, 2016">March 8, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>The lower peninsula I would imagine. They’re done and probably can be tabulated. And so is most of the U.P. except those few counties…but still, I get your point. Release them all when the entire state polls close. Panhandle…Hah.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/lestatdelc/64/10313_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-michigan-presidential-primary/34202" rel="external" class="url">lestatdelc</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 8, 2016">March 8, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>I know the lower-part of the state is ET, but they have always been embargoed until the polls close in the CT time-zone counties.</p> <p>WTF?</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for srfromgr" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/srfromgr/64/10668_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-michigan-presidential-primary/34202" rel="external" class="url">srfromgr</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="March 8, 2016">March 8, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Maybe we’re thinking of the general election. I can’t recall what happened last week let alone what happened 4 or 8 years ago in the primaries.</p></div> </article> </li> </ol> <div class="respond comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"> Continue the discussion at <a class="wpdc-discourse-topic-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-michigan-presidential-primary/34202">forums.talkingpointsmemo.com</a> </h3> <p class="more-replies">120 more replies</p> <div class="comment-reply-title"> <h4 class="discourse-participants">Participants</h4> <p> <img alt="Avatar for system1" src="https://d2i6rdlz7r9skx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/9/1/491ca6c9286ec6b25075d488ab9de51cff60bf85.jpeg" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for lestatdelc" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/lestatdelc/64/10313_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" 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