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Meanwhile in Mississippi... Bernie below 15% threshold. (Original Post) DCBob Mar 2016 OP
Well. Maybe he will get his numbers up by the time the count is done bravenak Mar 2016 #1
Another Red State that won't vote Democratic in Nov Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #2
They all count the same in the Democratic nomination process. DCBob Mar 2016 #6
Great! She wins the nomination, but loses the General Election Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #9
Because ALL Democrats have a say ... NanceGreggs Mar 2016 #14
Do they really? Wilms Mar 2016 #18
Oh, right, I forgot. NanceGreggs Mar 2016 #25
I'm happy for you. Wilms Mar 2016 #26
Not exactly. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #23
And what does that have to do ... NanceGreggs Mar 2016 #28
Nothing. Which, given the content of the post I was responding to, should be no huge surprise. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #29
Hollow victory if she can't win the general. nt TBF Mar 2016 #15
Who is this Hollow person, and from which party? TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #16
Hollow=Trump, Cruz and/or Rubio TBF Mar 2016 #17
Not good. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #19
Is that a final tally? TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #3
Only 1% reporting. DCBob Mar 2016 #4
He hit 15% - OP has posted with 1% counted. ebayfool Mar 2016 #5
Congratulations! DCBob Mar 2016 #7
Awww ... you're a sport! I like you! :) n/t ebayfool Mar 2016 #10
Thanks! TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #8
sanders -51 clinton -48 19% counted n/t ebayfool Mar 2016 #11
Impossible. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #12
LOL! ebayfool Mar 2016 #13
Good point, but that is only for the State delegate, there are congressional districts too. DemRace Mar 2016 #20
In more recent results, BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #21
its 83/16 now nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #22
Right now he is leading in one county 6chars Mar 2016 #24
k riversedge Mar 2016 #27

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)
9. Great! She wins the nomination, but loses the General Election
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:03 PM
Mar 2016

I can't see why Hillary wining so many Red States will translate to a Democratic victory in November.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
14. Because ALL Democrats have a say ...
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:10 PM
Mar 2016

... as to who they want their nominee to be, regardless of where they live. I don't know why you find that concept so troublesome.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
25. Oh, right, I forgot.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:28 PM
Mar 2016

There's that vast conspiracy against Bernie, which includes the DNC, the MSM, DWS, WJC, HRC supporters, John Lewis, Howard Dean, Rachel Maddow, Elizabeth Warren, Gabby Giffords, Sybrina Fulton, Al Franken - ya know, ALL the Democrats who have endorsed Hillary, all the voters who are voting for her (even as we speak) - and pretty much everybody on the planet.

It's too bad that Bernie's much-touted "revolution" was so easily shut down. As I've said before, if the American revolutionists had been anything like Bernie's revolutionists, we'd all be singing "God Save the Queen" at baseball games.

 

Wilms

(26,795 posts)
26. I'm happy for you.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:32 PM
Mar 2016

I'm sure you enjoyed writing that.

I'd love to see an illustrated version with all the straw men and women variously attired. What a hoot!

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
23. Not exactly.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:23 PM
Mar 2016

The primary schedule has pretty clearly favored Hillary. By the time the primary schedule rolls around to states like mine, momentum (as relentlessly hyped by the corporate media) may have decided things. A one-day, national primary would allow everyone's vote to actually matter. Ditch the Electoral College while we're at it, and we'd be a hell of a lot closer to democracy. As a voter in a late primary state that's not in play, my vote, in the primary and in the GE alike, is meaningless.

NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
28. And what does that have to do ...
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:33 PM
Mar 2016

... with whether Democrats in red states have a right to have their votes included?

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
29. Nothing. Which, given the content of the post I was responding to, should be no huge surprise.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:38 PM
Mar 2016
Because ALL Democrats have a say as to who they want their nominee to be, regardless of where they live. I don't know why you find that concept so troublesome.


I was pointing out that because of the scheduling (and relentless media screeching that "Bernie's done&quot , a lot of late-primary Democratic voters don't have any real say. Their votes might be part of the final tally, but the matter was already decided without them.

DemRace

(28 posts)
20. Good point, but that is only for the State delegate, there are congressional districts too.
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:18 PM
Mar 2016

I think you can get delegates if you get 15% or more in a congressional district.

BlueMTexpat

(15,368 posts)
21. In more recent results,
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:18 PM
Mar 2016

he has met the threshold.

But Hillary will indeed get the bulk of the MS delegates, whatever happens from here on.

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