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Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:05 PM Mar 2016

Six of the next eight states are caucus states, which favor Bernie.

These states -- Idaho, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming -- carry a total of 212 pledged delegates.

One of Tuesday's states, Florida, carried a total of 214 pledged delegates. Hillary won Florida by a landslide.

So if Bernie landslides all six caucus states, he will have canceled out one of Hillary's states. After that he will have 19 states and 5 territories remaining. Only four of these contests are caucuses; of the twenty primaries that remain, nine of them are closed, including New York and Pennsylvania.

Time for unity.

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Six of the next eight states are caucus states, which favor Bernie. (Original Post) Chichiri Mar 2016 OP
He won't "landslide" all of those states. MineralMan Mar 2016 #1
I think he'll do well in WA, but not a blowout. cemaphonic Mar 2016 #14
Oh! So it's the candidate with the most DELEGATES (not states) who wins the nomination? :-P NurseJackie Mar 2016 #2
In it till the END Politicalboi Mar 2016 #3
The fact that you hope for an indictment for your guy to get ahead is pretty darn sad. n/t Lucinda Mar 2016 #6
Um . . . vive le democratie? nt Chichiri Mar 2016 #7
Unfortunately for Bernie, WhiteTara Mar 2016 #4
"unity"? UNITY over *WHAT*, exactly? Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 #5
None of those things are issues outside the far left echo chamber. Chichiri Mar 2016 #8
What was the h slogan in 2008 artislife Mar 2016 #9
It was "Solutions For America." nt Chichiri Mar 2016 #10
"The 1% Solution". No thanks. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #11
Step out of the echo chamber and you'll see that isn't true. nt Chichiri Mar 2016 #12
She is the unchange candidate artislife Mar 2016 #13

MineralMan

(146,324 posts)
1. He won't "landslide" all of those states.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:09 PM
Mar 2016

I expect him to lose both Utah and Hawaii, as a start. Washington will be close, leading to an almost even split of its delegates. I can't predict who will win, though.

I don't expect any further landslides for Senator Sanders, but we'll see.

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
14. I think he'll do well in WA, but not a blowout.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 03:14 AM
Mar 2016

Most of the Democratic voters are in the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia corridor, and in a few other college towns. Good fit for Bernie both demographically and ideologically. Plus, the caucus structure favors a candidate with a highly motivated activist base. His biggest pitfall here is that trade is a huge part of our economy, so his standard stump speech doesn't really carry the weight that it does in say, Michigan. (And more generally, with brief and mild exceptions, the Puget Sound area has been booming since the late 80s. Clinton's status quo on economic matters isn't much of a hard sell here).

Since there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of reliable polling data for WA, I'm guessing he'll pull a solid win in the 55-60% range.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. Oh! So it's the candidate with the most DELEGATES (not states) who wins the nomination? :-P
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:10 PM
Mar 2016

Looking around, you'd think that there were a LOT of people who had the exact OPPOSITE impression of how things actually worked!

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
3. In it till the END
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:12 PM
Mar 2016

It's time for fighting till the end not unity. FBI and e-mails may have more say than any votes. Let's hope so.

WhiteTara

(29,721 posts)
4. Unfortunately for Bernie,
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:12 PM
Mar 2016

all contests are divided proportionately, so he won't pick up all the delegates unless Clinton receives less than 15% of the vote.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
5. "unity"? UNITY over *WHAT*, exactly?
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:26 PM
Mar 2016

Kissinger? (That means: USA-as-Empire.)

More, ( i.e *ENDLESS* ) "perpetual war for perpetual" (*unattainable*) peace".

Goldman Sachs?

Nancy Reagan? AIDS inaction? Premature, largely avoidable, * death* for Millions of Americans? ( Including countless, culturally irreplaceable , G I A N T S AND G E NI U S E S ?)

Honduras?

I'm not sure your idea of "unity" is going to be readily available here.

>>Time for unity.>>>

"UNITY":

YEAH. RIGHT.

NOT IF *I * CAN HELP IT.


Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
8. None of those things are issues outside the far left echo chamber.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 03:49 PM
Mar 2016

Said echo chamber will soon be jettisoned from DU.

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