So Much For ‘Feeling The Bern’ – ‘Fact Checkers Find That Bernie Sanders’ Claim He Wins When Turnout Is High Is False’

‘The underlying basis for the Sanders campaign is that a grassroots revolution is surging and making their voices heard in these primaries and caucuses. Sen. Sanders argument for why he should be the Democratic nominee is based on the claim that he increases turnout’.

‘PolitiFact ran the numbers and proved that the Sanders claim isn’t true’.

Sanders said, “We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low.”

‘The statement contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression, so we rate it Mostly False’.

‘Sanders did notch a few notable victories in high-turnout primaries, but it would be cherry-picking to focus only on primaries’.

‘Sanders has mostly won caucuses, which have produced the lowest turnout rates of 2016 across the board’.

‘And while Sanders did win the handful of states where Democratic turnout increased over 2008, these increases were tiny, casting doubt on how significant an accomplishment this is’.

From : http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/19/fact-checkers-find-bernie-sanders-claim-wins-turnout-high-false.html

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