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Sanders has 42 percent of the vote and 46 percent of the delegates so far (Original Post) The Second Stone Apr 2016 OP
The new meme is out! reformist2 Apr 2016 #1
Not good enough. Bernie needs BIG WINS ... he needs LANDSLIDES. NurseJackie Apr 2016 #2
He sure got one here in Washington. seattleite Apr 2016 #6
"42 percent of the vote" CoffeeCat Apr 2016 #3
Sorry but that is at the very least misleading Tom Rinaldo Apr 2016 #4
You are right, the facts are very misleading The Second Stone Apr 2016 #5
Fact: Tom Rinaldo Apr 2016 #7

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. Not good enough. Bernie needs BIG WINS ... he needs LANDSLIDES.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 12:24 PM
Apr 2016

Bernie will not be the nominee.

Time is running out ... tick-tock, Bernie ... tick-tock!


 

seattleite

(79 posts)
6. He sure got one here in Washington.
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 12:42 PM
Apr 2016

Not to mention the last 6 or so other states where Hill got her ass handed to her.

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
3. "42 percent of the vote"
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 12:25 PM
Apr 2016

Is "42 percent of the vote" the popular vote totals?

Does this factor in the votes that came in from caucus states?

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
4. Sorry but that is at the very least misleading
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 12:35 PM
Apr 2016

When Sanders wins 70%+ in a caucus state like Washington which had high turnout for a caucus (which by nature always has fewer "voters" because the polls are open for far fewer hours), a victory margin like that indicates strong support for Sanders in the Washington Democratic electorate, compared to Clinton's support there. But yeah, even with a historic landslide it doesn't add as many popular votes to his overall totals. Comparing caucus and primary votes are like comparing apples and oranges. I wrote a lot more about this here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511622697

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
7. Fact:
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 01:03 PM
Apr 2016

For some reason, Washington actually holds both a Democratic caucus and a primary. The caucus comes first and that's where delegates really are won, the primary comes later and is only a "beauty contest". In 2008 Barack Obama won both of them. But even though the 2008 Washington State Primary was essentially meaningless, Obama still collected ten times as many popular votes in the Washington primary than he did in the Washington caucus. Obviously Clinton got more popular votes in the primary than she did in the caucus there also - but factored in sheer raw numbers Obama defeated her by far higher popular vote numbers in the primary than in the caucus - in the same state.

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