2016 Postmortem

portlander23

(2,078 posts) Sun May 22, 2016, 10:23 AM May 2016

This Could Be Make-or-Break Monday for Bernie Sanders

This Could Be Make-or-Break Monday for Bernie Sanders
Gregory Glover
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The Sanders campaign is counting on high voter turnout to win big in the Golden State and five other states in the final Super Tuesday round of primaries June 7. So far, the news is encouraging for the Vermont senator: More than 850,000 new voters have registered for the 2016 California elections.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “the newly registered voters are overwhelmingly young people, with 37 percent under 25 and 64 percent 35 or younger.”

California gives Sanders a third reason for hope: The Chronicle reports that so long as they register by Monday, independent voters—another source of strength for his campaign—can ask for the Democratic ballot on election day.

OK, so I'm with Bernie until the end, but I think the chances that he pulls this off are beyond slim, and even if he did pull it out, I think the party would still shut him down.

Until then ...

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This Could Be Make-or-Break Monday for Bernie Sanders (Original Post) portlander23 May 2016 OP

If there are no "shenanigans" he should do well and win CA. Here's hoping..n/t monmouth4 May 2016 #1

So a Hillary win automatically means "shenanigans"?? DCBob May 2016 #2

It usually turns out that way, so yes...n/t monmouth4 May 2016 #3

Not every win SheenaR May 2016 #4

Correlation isn't causality... no wait, it is. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #5

Yes, anything other than crushing victory for Bernie means there was THEFT!!!!11!! Maven May 2016 #9

"Shenanigans" like Independents failing to register then whining they can't vote for a Democrat? randome May 2016 #6

What would be "shenanigans"? Arneoker May 2016 #7

ALERT: possible misinformation mia May 2016 #8

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

1. If there are no "shenanigans" he should do well and win CA. Here's hoping..n/t

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:37 AM

May 2016

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

2. So a Hillary win automatically means "shenanigans"??

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #1)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:54 AM

May 2016

You Berners are too much!

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

3. It usually turns out that way, so yes...n/t

Reply to DCBob (Reply #2)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:55 AM

May 2016

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)

4. Not every win

Reply to DCBob (Reply #2)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:57 AM

May 2016

But there have been plenty of "oddities". If you deny that I can't help you. Even Plouffe accused the camp of the same shenanigans in 2008. By any means necessary is how they roll

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

5. Correlation isn't causality... no wait, it is. n/t

Reply to DCBob (Reply #2)

Sun May 22, 2016, 11:14 AM

May 2016

Maven

(10,533 posts)

9. Yes, anything other than crushing victory for Bernie means there was THEFT!!!!11!!

Reply to DCBob (Reply #2)

Sun May 22, 2016, 11:59 AM

May 2016

randome

(34,845 posts)

6. "Shenanigans" like Independents failing to register then whining they can't vote for a Democrat?

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #1)

Sun May 22, 2016, 11:17 AM

May 2016

Yeah, we'll definitely see more of that.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

Arneoker

(375 posts)

7. What would be "shenanigans"?

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #1)

Sun May 22, 2016, 11:20 AM

May 2016

More people voting for Hillary? Which I still think will happen, even though I don't expect the margin to be more than 10%, and there is always the chance for a surprise.

Remember too, for Bernie to pull ahead in PLEDGED delegates (that is, discounting the super delegates) he needs to win a minimum of just over two-thirds of the remaining pledged delegates to be chosen. And most of those will be chosen by primary, not caucus states.

mia

(8,361 posts)

8. ALERT: possible misinformation

Reply to portlander23 (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 11:26 AM

May 2016

"The Chronicle reports that so long as they register by Monday, independent voters—another source of strength for his campaign—can ask for the Democratic ballot on election day."

Not true.

"American Independent Party" cannot vote for Bernie!

You must register as either Democrat or No-Party-Preference to vote for Bernie.

If you register as NPP you must request a cross-over-ballot at the polls.

https://vote.usa.gov/

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