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googling super tuesday shows delegates won
nope they mixed up the names. hillary called for mass.
[QUOTE=Code3Response;49848975]MN Results being updated here: [url]http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-2016-presidential-caucus-results/370713651/[/url] Sanders pulling away (+18, 15% reporting) and Rubio (+10 on Trump, 53% reporting) still leading.[/QUOTE] Sanders and Rubio win Minnesota by large margin (+19, +9.33)
Oh wow, Sanders has four states. Not bad at all. Totally lost the south, though.
[QUOTE=patq911;49849269]AP HAS CALLED MASS FOR BERNIE SANDERS? WHAT THE FUCK?[/QUOTE] what is ap and why is this a " What The Fuck? ' i am confused?
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49849309]what is ap and why is this a " What The Fuck? ' i am confused?[/QUOTE] AP is the Associated Press. They're the company news outlets buy their news from, so they don't have to pay reporters for national/international news.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49849309]what is ap and why is this a " What The Fuck? ' i am confused?[/QUOTE] Associated Press is what a lot of media uses for election results. Bernie is like 3-4 points behind, so they called for him was really strange. But it was a mistake.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49849309]what is ap and why is this a " What The Fuck? ' i am confused?[/QUOTE] "Associated Press." They're a huge network of journalists who supply a lot of information to major news outlets.
Does anyone else really hate the speeches candidates make after the primary results declare a winner?
Trump is literally the Republican nominee. It's too late for Rubio and Cruz, unless they announced a ticket with them two and one drops, but that won't happen. So now on the democrats, Hillary is very likely but Sanders could still put up a good fight as we get out of the south.
So pretty much Trump stumped everyone else.
Has Huffington post made a big, bold, underlined headline with red moving letters insisting that Alabama, Arkansas Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia are all racist/sexist/xenophobic/bigoted/whatever else yet?
[QUOTE=shadow_oap;49849935]Trump is literally the Republican nominee. It's too late for Rubio and Cruz, unless they announced a ticket with them two and one drops, but that won't happen. So now on the democrats, Hillary is very likely but Sanders could still put up a good fight as we get out of the south.[/QUOTE] Had he lost one or two more states it would've been pretty much utterly bleak for him. He still has a chance if he can wrassle the north.
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so did Bernie Sanders do alot better they people thought he would?
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49850114]so did Bernie Sanders do alot better they people thought he would?[/QUOTE] He did about as good as most people would expect - Oklahoma's +10% margin was a nice surprise, and pretty much made up for the ~1% loss in Massachusetts. Nobody was [i]expecting[/i] more than 3 states, so winning 4 was great. Making Hillary non-viable in Vermont and sweeping every delegate in the state was also a nice sign. But his margins in the south were [i]very[/i] bad. I was hoping Hillary would only get a 150 or even 100 delegate advantage - Georgia and Alabama and Texas' margins made that impossible. Now Hillary has a nearly 200 delegate advantage over Sanders - 349 to 543. That will be monumentally hard to claw back. The states coming up soon will need phenomenal margins to claw back those delegates. Sanders is favored in Kansas and Nebraska enough to pull ~15-20 delegates for each, he has a huge lead in Maine so he can nab ~18 there, but most of the middle of this month has Hillary states basically cancel out major Sanders states. Starting near the end of the month into next month, Sanders has a lineup of incredibly favorable states. Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Washington, Hawaii, Wisconsin, Wyoming... All pretty small, but enough delegates up to start fighting his way back to the front. If he can do well in NY, which is possible but unlikely, he can catch up by next month. After that, he essentially needs to win California by a fair margin if he wants to win. The small states will catch him up to Hillary, but he needs at least one large state like NY or California with a big margin to really pull ahead.
Trump is doing iron man numbers and I don't even care anymore
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;49850114]so did Bernie Sanders do alot better they people thought he would?[/QUOTE] He did okay. He under-performed in MA, when he needed a winning margin like in OK. OK was a nice surprise though. His margins weren't that great in Texas or the rest of the south, giving Hillary a sizable delegate lead. The media is also hammering him hard, and a lot of places are writing articles counting him out of the race... which I don't think is true but they will shape perceptions If he can make some big wins in the North and take a win in a state like NY, FL, OH, or CA, he can still win this thing. But he has to win with room to spare. If he pulls off more close wins and ties, he'll be short delegates come July. [editline]2nd March 2016[/editline] He's performing very poorly with black voters and whether or not he can overcome that will be important to his success in the future... he lost big in the south because of this
So... Is it over for Bernie now?
Bernie did better than I was expecting, and it will probably get easier for him soon. Clinton is still better placed to win, though I think this means Sanders won't drop out for a long time.
[QUOTE=Buck.;49850557]So... Is it over for Bernie now?[/QUOTE] No, not yet. He still has a chance. Some say that things will improve now that many Southern, pro-Hillary states are out of the way.
[QUOTE=Buck.;49850557]So... Is it over for Bernie now?[/QUOTE] not until the convention
[QUOTE=Buck.;49850557]So... Is it over for Bernie now?[/QUOTE] Hillary is ahead right now, and closer to the nomination. He's not out, but he will need big wins in the North. He also needs to swing the black vote, or he won't be competitive enough to make up the delegate difference. ST was better news for Hillary than Sanders, but he's not out. Media coverage has been pretty brutal so far, though. [editline]2nd March 2016[/editline] He's polling well in Utah and Wisconsin. He could pick up Pennsylvania too. He needs to improve his numbers in Ohio, Florida, New York and California. [editline]2nd March 2016[/editline] And honestly, being able to win swing states is more important than being able to win the south, at least when it comes to the GE...
I don't see what will change in regards to Sanders. The media isn't going to get any better on covering him and he isn't going to start attacking Hilary any harder than he has because hes too principled. I predict him continuing to stagnate until he loses.
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;49850665]I don't see what will change in regards to Sanders. The media isn't going to get any better on covering him and he isn't going to start attacking Hilary any harder than he has because hes too principled. I predict him continuing to stagnate until he loses.[/QUOTE] I think it may also have something to do with the fact that he doesn't want to hurt Clinton's chances if he doesn't win the nomination.
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;49850665]I don't see what will change in regards to Sanders. The media isn't going to get any better on covering him and he isn't going to start attacking Hilary any harder than he has because hes too principled. I predict him continuing to stagnate until he loses.[/QUOTE] his campaign managers could be pushing him to start taking jabs to Clinton as long as Clinton throws the first punch Sanders grassroot campaigns winning this much rn is an accomplishment in itself, of course he's going to need to do better to get back at that neck-to-neck tie he had with Clinton but he needs to start pushing his history more, how he marched with Martin Luther King, how he supports BLM and police reform etc I think Sanders still has a little bit of a fighting chance, even if he loses, this is the start of something huge [editline]2nd March 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=GoDong-DK;49850680]I think it may also have something to do with the fact that he doesn't want to hurt Clinton's chances if he doesn't win the nomination.[/QUOTE] this as well, remember, both Clinton and Sanders wants a democratic white house no matter who's in it, if Clinton lost to Sanders, she would be supporting Sanders and vice versa
I would like to vote, but I'm in Australia. How do I go about nominating Bernie as candidate?
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;49850717]I would like to vote, but I'm in Australia. How do I go about nominating Bernie as candidate?[/QUOTE] you can't, US citizens only, if you have a US passport you could go find where democrats abroad are
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;49850723]you can't, US citizens only, if you have a US passport you could go find where democrats abroad are[/QUOTE] I should have mentioned that I was born in the US and have dual citizenship. Democrats Abroad looks like it hasn't been updated since 2014.
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;49850732]I should have mentioned that I was born in the US and have dual citizenship. Democrats Abroad looks like it hasn't been updated since 2014.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.democratsabroad.org/au[/url] [QUOTE]We currently have active chapters in NSW (Sydney), Victoria (Melbourne) and ACT (Canberra). Be sure to check out upcoming events in these cities. Please contact us if you live in another state or territory and are interested in organizing meet-ups. [/QUOTE] there's a contact phone number right there to find a booth
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