Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forum538 ~ Bernie Sanders Is Even Further Behind In Votes Than He Is In Delegates
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bernie-sanders-is-even-further-behind-in-votes-than-he-is-in-delegates/Sanderss reliance on extremely low-turnout caucus states has meant the pledged delegate count overstates his share of votes. To date, Sanders has captured 46 percent of Democrats pledged delegates but just 42 percent of raw votes. So even if Sanders were to draw even in pledged delegates by June which is extremely unlikely Clinton could be able to persuade superdelegates to stick with her by pointing to her popular vote lead.
Sanders already has a nearly impossible task ahead of him in trying to erase Clintons pledged delegate lead. Hes down by 212 delegates, meaning hed need to win 56 percent of those remaining to nose in front. He has dominated caucus states such as Idaho and Washington, but only two caucus states Wyoming and North Dakota remain on the calendar. Whats more, the biggest states left New York and California favor Clinton demographically.
Including caucus results, Clinton leads Sanders by almost 2.4 million raw votes, 9.4 million to just more than 7 million, according to The Green Papers. So then, what would would it take for Sanders to overtake Clinton in the popular vote by the end of the primaries in June?
Pretty long explanation in the link
pandr32
(11,601 posts)He brings it up constantly as that: 1.) he knows what the American people overwhelmingly want and need, and 2.) that he has their support.
NO!!! He is grandiose and insufferable. A fad of idealistic and naive young people joining the political process has gone completely to his ego.
Cha
(297,503 posts)Americans were disappointed in him because blah blah blah.. he was being disingenuous as usual.
Gawd I cannot wait until he's done.
Aloha, pandr
pandr32
(11,601 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)The will of the people plus Math!!
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Sorry Bernie folks but reality doesn't match your bluster
Cha
(297,503 posts)all the voters who have voted for her and will vote for her!
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Kansas City Mayor James. See video at: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/
He said his role as a superdelegate is the democratic process of supporting and persuading others to support the candidate of your choice regardless of how primary voters vote.
It's all about the delegates at the convention, and start to finish he would support Hillary! Votes and electability and all these other issues are secondary to who you believe to be the best candidate - just the same as when we go to vote!
Staph
(6,252 posts)West Virginia doesn't vote until late May.
However, I get so irritated by the Sanders supporters who point to their candidate's overwhelming success in the caucus states. I want to remind them that the first Tuesday in November is Election Day, not Caucus Day. Without the peer pressure of the caucus process, Democrats are voting for Hillary!