Bernistas who are confronted with the polling numbers in the upcoming primaries have a rallying cry... “Remember Michigan!” Indeed, Clinton's polling leads in NY, CT, PA, MD, CA and NJ are Michiganesque, or even smaller. And what happened once could happen again.
But can it happen six times in succession? Can ALL of these polls be wrong? Because Bernie probably needs to win all six (or a close loss in one coupled with a surprisingly large win in a couple of the others) to keep his nomination a real possibility. Even if each state race was a coin flip, the odds against coming up “heads” six times in a row are pretty slim.
But here's the kicker. Hillary Clinton doesn't HAVE to win ANY of the six to secure the nomination. You can talk about Sanders surprising beat-the-polls performance in Michigan, but he won by less than 2% there and only netted four delegates out of the 130 awarded. If Clinton loses all six states by the same margin as she lost Michigan, she will still win the nomination.
Some point to a possible momentum factor. But Michigan is an example of how little momentum either candidate has been able to build in this campaign. After Sanders surprise Michigan win he lost the next six primaries.
But, hey, anything can happen. Let's wait and count the votes.