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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMSNBC just called Mississippi for Clinton. No figures yet.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/primaries/MS
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MSNBC just called Mississippi for Clinton. No figures yet. (Original Post)
MADem
Mar 2016
OP
Heh heh! I know the polls said she would win, but she did VERY well, apparently....
MADem
Mar 2016
#8
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)1. That was a real nail biter!
MADem
(135,425 posts)8. Heh heh! I know the polls said she would win, but she did VERY well, apparently....
I think that state will more than counterbalance VT given there are 36 delegates up for grabs, compared to just 16 that Sanders won in VT (FWIW I am not even talking about Supers in this conversation).
She got more than half of the white vote, and so far, 89 percent of the black vote. It looks like a pretty decisive win.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. K AND R!
livetohike
(22,084 posts)3. Great!
Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)4. Not really a shocker...
I believe most people are waiting for the Michigan vote.
riversedge
(69,724 posts)5. Nice pic....
Missouri for Hillary and 191 others follow
BBC Breaking News Verified account ?@BBCBreaking 3m3 minutes ago
US media project @HillaryClinton as the winner of the Democratic Mississippi primary http://bbc.in/1UcBmZn
MADem
(135,425 posts)11. That IS a nice pic! nt
MADem
(135,425 posts)9. No, not shocking at all. She was expected to win; not sure if everyone thought it would be as
convincing as the estimates are sounding to this point.
We'll know more as the evening progresses.
riversedge
(69,724 posts)7. GRAPH---> How did @HillaryClinton win the Dem #MSprimary?
CBS News Politics ?@CBSPolitics 7m7 minutes ago
How did @HillaryClinton win the Dem #MSprimary? http://cbsn.ws/24zybjn
MADem
(135,425 posts)10. That female demographic is larger than many thought it would be, I believe. nt
riversedge
(69,724 posts)13. I think you are right. Hillary seems to be gaining some back--slowly
Matariki
(18,775 posts)12. That ironic.
Winner called. No results. I guess exit polls count unless they point to vote tampering
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)14. Isn't Mississippi winner take all?
MADem
(135,425 posts)15. Yes,but ONLY if the candidate wins more than half the vote. It looks like that will happen, too.
But we need to wait until all the precincts report in before counting any chickens.
Mississippi is both a winner-take-all and proportionate state. If a candidate wins over 50 percent of the vote, they will be awarded all of the delegates the state has to offer, thus honoring the state's case-by-case winner-take-all system. However, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the delegates will be awarded proportionately to the percentage of the vote a candidate received. But candidates also have to receive at least 15 percent of the vote to get any delegates at all. For Republicans, the state offers 40 delegates while the Democratic Party has 41.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/146547-is-the-mississippi-primary-winner-take-all-the-magnolia-state-blossoms-in-2016