Biden wins Alaska Democratic presidential primary, claiming 9 of 17 delegates

[George II]

Source: Alaska Public Media

Joe Biden won the Alaska Democratic primary election Saturday, collecting 55 percent of votes and nine of 17 delegates — narrowly edging out Bernie Sanders, who collected 45 percent and eight delegates.

Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary in Alaska was the first since Sanders announced earlier this week that he was dropping out of the presidential race.

This year’s Alaska Democratic primary abandoned the traditional caucus in favor of a by-mail and in-person primary. Democrats mailed 71,000 ballots to every registered party member in February and were scheduled to hold “last-chance” in-person voting at 60 polling places across the state on April 4.

As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, the party announced in late March that it had canceled in-person voting, and pushed back the mail-in ballot deadline from a March 24 postmark to an April 10 arrival.

Read more: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/04/11/biden-wins-alaska-democratic-presidential-primary-claiming-9-of-17-delegates/

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For the record, Sanders won Alaska 79.6-20.3

That's a 70% flip.

[ucrdem]

1. I guess it just wasn't his night.

[George II]

2. That was an amazingly compelling scene. Historic.

[ucrdem]

3. A month ago Alaska might have gone for Bernie.

But it's a whole new planet and his hour has passed. I imagine Wisconsin will go for Biden too.

Happy Easter George!

[George II]

4. I'm sure Wisconsin is another Biden victory...on to the Convention and then to the General Election:

[Cha]

5. More people voted with the primary than in

the caucus, too. Good thing they did abandon caucus.. will that ever be a thing again?

Our voting was also suppose to be April 4th.. and we're having mail in now. I mailed a sample of my handwriting.. ballot has yet to arrive.

Mahalo, George!

[LaurenOlimina]

6. A lot of Bernie vote got banked before he dropped out.

Tat's still pretty high though.

[William769]

7. Another one bites the dust.

[NurseJackie]

8. So there was a TEN POINT SPREAD... and they call it a "narrow" victory. GMAFB.

narrowly edging out Bernie Sanders

So there was a TEN POINT SPREAD... and they call it a "narrow" victory. GMAFB.

[George II]

9. Yes, this is after he won by 60 last time. That's a 70 point swing. But last time it was a caucus..

...this time a primary. No opportunity to badger and bully the caucus goers.

[NurseJackie]

10. Yep... outright intimidation is one of the reasons that I despise caucuses.

[BlueIdaho]

11. I don't have a single kind thing to say about caucuses.

My state was a caucus state and finally moved to a primary. No doubt in my mind primaries are fairer, more representative of all voters, and far less prone to skullduggery.

[NurseJackie]

12. Some candidates apparently fare better to skullduggery in caucuses.

That's why they're not fair. The sanctity of the secret ballot does not exist. It's just a hot mess.