Super Tuesday: HRC: 3,534,937 (61%) Bernie: 2,264,297 (39%)

[book_worm]

A big win in the popular vote for HRC taking 3.5 million votes to Bernie's 2.2 million and a 61-39 percent spread. Her best states were Alabama (78-19) and Georgia (71-28) again with overwhelming support among African-Americans.

The biggest prize was Texas which HRC won 65-33 and picked up 122 delegates to 48. Her coalition was diverse, as usual, winning African-Americans 80-18 and Latinos (who made up nearly 30% of the turnout) 67-33. She even narrowly won the white vote.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/01/us/elections/texas-democrat-poll.html?_r=0

There are still some votes yet to be counted. Bernie won overwhelmingly in his homestate and nice victories in CO, OK, & MN--however, in the caucus states of MN & CO turnout was relatively small. For instance, in Minnesota about 190,000 people turned out compared to the primary state of Georgia (relatively same size) where over 750,000 voted. In Colorado the turnout was about 125,000.

[auntpurl]

1. Wow Latinos were 30% of the turnout of the Democratic primary?

I swear to you, in our lifetime we will see TX turn blue in a GE.

Of course, popular vote doesn't count in the primaries, but it's still nice to have the numbers. Thanks for posting.

[NurseJackie]

4. I believe you are correct!

[auntpurl]

5. Wouldn't it be nice to get that boatload of EC votes directly in the blue column

and maybe not have to fight with Ohio so much anymore.

[NurseJackie]

7. Texas is changing ... fair redistricting in the future ...

... will make it more competitive. As you say, in our lifetimes!

[NurseJackie]

2. Reality!

[LexVegas]

3. YUUUGE win. nt

[DCBob]

6. Big numbers!!

[grossproffit]

8. It's not gloating, it's math!

[Pisces]

9. Math and facts. Hard things to argue!!

[livetohike]

10. K&R for Math!

[DefenseLawyer]

11. It's a way to pick a nominee

But beyond that it doesn't mean a lot. Colorado and Virginia will be in play, those are a split. Mass and Vermont are in our column, so those votes for one or the other won't decide the general. All that support in the Deep South is nice, but those votes are literally meaningless in the general. We aren't going to win any of those states. Good wins in the primary, yes. But those raw numbers don't stand for much of anything.

[grossproffit]

12. How'd this sink to the bottom?