I won't begrudge Bernie Sanders his win in he Maine Caucus...

[brooklynite]

...but with 3,000 total votes, let's not imagine that this is a significant indicator of the outcome in any other State.

[Broward]

1. That's so very big of you.

[Cheese Sandwich]

13. this is yuge

[CoffeeCat]

2. Why thank you--I've been waiting all night for your approval

Great to hear that you don't "begrudge Bernie Sanders his win."

We can all collectively celebrate now.

Rock on, party people!

[brooklynite]

22. Just a note that, by comparison, there's been an excuse for every State he didn't win...

[angstlessk]

3. Are you petioning for sainthood?

WOW how very kind of you...

hey dixieland..your new voting restrictions will make your vote in the primaries void!

[Agschmid]

4. Only 3,000 people voted in the whole state?

[k8conant]

5. There were over 3,000 DELEGATES chosen...

This was a caucus.

https://bangordailynews.com/story/live-maine-democrats-vote-in-presidential-caucuses/?ref=topStories3Thumb

Maine Democrats vote in presidential caucuses
Good night and good luck
A full story on the Maine Democratic Party caucuses is now posted on our website. Party leaders say 46,000 people participated, which is a record. Sen. Bernie Sanders is the projected winner. We will continue to update that story with new results. Watch for a delegate breakdown in the near future. If you are not already subscribed to Daily Brief, sign up at The Point to receive emailed morning reports on what matters in Maine politics Monday through Friday. Thank you.

9:00 pm
Mar 6, 2016
Robert Long

[renate]

6. thank you nt

[artislife]

17. If he would read the front page of the Huff Post

He would see this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

The Maine Democratic Party doesn't report vote counts. It reports State Convention Delegates (SCDs)

This pains me, because this is chipping away at his "expert in all things Democratic" in my eyes...

[Armstead]

7. WRONG, WRONG -- JUST THE OPPOSITE.

https://bangordailynews.com/2016/03/06/politics/bernie-sanders-handily-defeats-hillary-clinton-in-maine-caucuses/

The state delegates Sanders won in Sunday’s caucuses will translate into delegates to the National Democratic Convention in July. Twenty-five delegates were up for grabs at the caucuses. They will be allocated proportionally based on turnout in the 1st and 2nd congressional districts and the state as a whole.

Party leaders said more than 47,000 people participated in the caucuses.

Volunteers from many of the roughly 500 caucus sites in Maine reported heavy turnouts, in some areas rivaling the flood of Democrats who turned out in 2008, Barack Obama’s first shot at the presidency.

The line of people waiting to get into the Portland caucus at Deering High School stretched more than half a mile. Some people reported waiting more than three hours before being able to register and vote in that caucus.



In Brunswick and several other locations, most of Sunday’s planned program of speeches by local candidates and consideration of party bylaws was canceled because of the heavy turnout. In Brunswick, there were still hundreds of people waiting in line as the scheduled caucus starting time came and went.

“It’s amazing,” said Brunswick caucus chairwoman Trish Reilly. “There were people already waiting here at noon,” two hours before the caucus was scheduled to start.

[Barack_America]

8. I think you need a refresher in caucuses.

[wilsonbooks]

9. Uh...

3,000 total votes?

UPDATE 8:35 p.m. EST — According to vote-tracker Decision Desk, with 85 percent of the votes tallied, more than 46,000 people turned out to take part in the Maine Democratic caucus, which multiple outlets have projected as a landslide win for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A local reporter in Portland, Maine, tweeted before the results came in that the previous turnout record was 45,000 in 2008.

[jeff47]

10. You're only off by more than a factor of 10.

http://www.ibtimes.com/maine-democratic-caucus-results-2016-live-updates-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-2331215

But hey, who needs accuracy when you've got a story to tell.

[Logical]

11. Research then self delete if you have any self respect! Nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Oh, thank you so much.

Such generosity overwhelms the struggling masses beneath your feet.

Psssst -The HRC group is snickering at you.

[HassleCat]

14. Voters don't vote in a caucus

But I guess you knew that.

[TSIAS]

15. Disingenous

As with the Iowa caucuses, that does not reflect the raw vote totals.

Sure, Maine doesn't have that many voters, but it does appear more than 40,000 voters showed up. I don't think you should dismiss their efforts.

[noamnety]

16. k&r

&chuckling

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. ..

3,000 total votes.

[reformist2]

29. The OP has gone AWOL. LOL

[oberliner]

19. How many of them were non-white?

Bernie seems to do very well in states that are predominately white.

[JonLeibowitz]

20. .

"3,000 total votes"

And to people take posts seriously due to your "mega donor" cachet.

What a joke. Please do not self-delete. I am kicking and reccing this to the front page for embarrassment.




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[reformist2]

21. The OP is embarrassingly wrong.... actually thought only 3,000 people voted!?

[Motown_Johnny]

23. Again, a Clinton supporter fails on basic facts.

Those are state delegates. Not votes.


http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/maine


^snip^


3,470 votes, 91% reporting (540 of 593 precincts)

Winner called by A.P.

*Vote totals are state convention delegates won.




No wonder you support Hillary.

[John Poet]

27. That's because they are "low information voters".

In my humble opinion. LOL

[Arazi]

24. Teehee, uhm no. Try something like closer to 50,000 eom

[Joe the Revelator]

25. LMAO....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK OP!

[CdnExtraNational]

26. Please Self Delete

I hope its just an embarrassing mistake confusing delegates with votes.

Shouldn't moderators delete stuff that's just obviously incorrect?

[reformist2]

28. I would rather they turn the threadline red and mark it as FALSE.

[jfern]

30. It was delegates. I know there were precincts with several hundred voters