Horrible weekend for Bernie...

[SidDithers]

He wins 3 of 4 states, but doesn't make up any ground in the delegate count.

And he's about to lose ground on in MI and MS on Tuesday.

Sid

[itsrobert]

1. And more people voted for Hillary this weekend than Bernie

Bad weekend for Bernie, indeed.

Hillary is even clobbering him in tonight's debate.

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[desmiller]

3. My state is a red state and will ALWAYS vote against their own interests

So what else is new?

[book_worm]

4. That is the problem with caucuses they are usually in small states

where turnout is low and activists are the ones who mostly do turn out. Then you have a state like Louisiana which has a very diverse electorate where turnout is much larger than the three states that Bernie won put together. Now we will have a string of primaries ahead of us: Michigan, Mississippi, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina which have lots of delegates and according to most polls favor HRC.

[SidDithers]

5. He's going to run out of states, if he doesn't start making up some ground...

Cross another 4 off the list after today.

Down to 31 now.

Almost 40% of the states have chosen, and he's massively in the hole.

And it's about to get worse.

Sid

[pat_k]

13. He did make up ground. From 83% of target to 85.1% of target.

And the targets for March 8 are totally achievable.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511429228#post12

[morningfog]

6. He's had a great weekend. He didn't lose any ground a

And may have made some up when the dust settles.

[pat_k]

15. Yep. From 83% of target to 85.1% of target

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511429228#post12

Not to say that isn't an up hill climb, but

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

7. Ummmm hmmmm. n/t

[ibegurpard]

8. in the meantime how are things up in Canada?

Liking your single-player healthcare and other benefits of a quasi-socialist society?

[morningfog]

9. It should be noted that the OP will not vote for the democratic nominee.

Not under any circumstances.

[Ken Burch]

10. Why are you a Democrat? You always support the most conservative person we could choose?

What is it about nominating an actual progressive that bothers you so much?

HRC can't get any votes in the fall that Bernie couldn't get, and the polls show him getting MORE votes then.

[Arazi]

16. Sid is Canadian so yeah, not even a part of our political system

[Aha]

21. Wow.

I didn't know that.

That's a huge ding against Sid for his opinions.

[SidDithers]

25. Hey, welcome to DU...nt

Sid

[randome]

28. OMG, Sid, your secret is out! It wasn't me, I swear!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[SidDithers]

30. It's been in my profile for 14 years...

Sid

[Ken Burch]

23. Did not know that.

Let me put this another way...if you are Canadian, Sid, why are you so invested in supporting the right-wing of a major AMERICAN political party?

[Logical]

11. Once again, Sid being Sid. nt

[pat_k]

12. Nope. He went from 83% of target to 85.1% of target.

A gain no matter how you slice it.

Targets from:
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/delegate-targets/

Going into March 5
--------------------
Cumulative Won/Target
410/492
(which is 83% of target)

March 5-6
-----------------------

State
Total Delegates
Won/Target


KS
33
23/19


LA
51
14/18


NE
25
15/15


ME
25
14/15

I don't know how 64.2% translates to 14/25 (given that 14 is 56% of 25), but 14 is what's being reported. Perhaps someone can explain

----------------
Coming out of March 6
476/559 (85.1%)


March 8 Targets (which seem reasonably achievable to me):

130
MI
xx/67 (51.5% if allocated based on percentages)

36
MS
xx/13 (36% if allocated based on percentages)

[ismnotwasm]

14. Yup

And she's winning the popular vote

[Aha]

17. Hey Sid.

Your MI prediction is way off base. MS is pretty much the same as South Carolina.

[SidDithers]

19. He's going to lose Michigan...

Maybe by as much as 20 points.

Sid

[Aha]

26. Well, I happen to think you're wrong

Bernie will win MI by 9 percentage points.

[SidDithers]

32. We'll see..

Congrats to Bernie for 3 state victories, and a huge gain of 3 delegates.



Sid

[BooScout]

34. ...

[SixString]

36. 😆

[zappaman]

18. You are wrong.

There are still 54 states that haven't voted.
Why are you in such a rush to end this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1420101

[SidDithers]

20. Hehe...

Nice.

Sid

[Ken Burch]

27. Your sig line is pointlessly annoying.

Why do you think it helps HRC to taunt the voters she will have to get in November if she IS nominated?

[BooScout]

35. ...

[SheenaR]

22. Perhaps your metric system is different

How does getting more delegates this weekend not "make up any ground"

Sanders had more delegates this weekend. Pledged. Since that is all that counts before the convention.

[SheenaR]

24. Perhaps your metric system is different

How does getting more delegates this weekend not "make up any ground"

Sanders had more delegates this weekend. Pledged. Since that is all that counts before the convention.

[Motown_Johnny]

29. Don't you ever get tired of being wrong?

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/democratic_caucus_bernie_sande.html

^snip^

For the weekend, out of 134 delegates at stake, Sanders will win at least 66 and Clinton at least 63. Five delegates remain to be allocated in Maine.

[jeff47]

31. It's always a good idea to check your facts before you post.

Sanders won more delegates this weekend. How many more depends on the rest of Maine's results.

[noretreatnosurrender]

33. Sanders supporter here

I think he had a great weekend.