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2016 Postmortem

bigtree

(85,986 posts) Tue Mar 29, 2016, 07:41 AM Mar 2016

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65% of the remaining Democratic delegates are in CA, NY, PA, NJ and MD

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

65% of the remaining Democratic delegates are in CA, NY, PA, NJ and MD, all states where Clinton is ahead (sometimes way ahead) in polls.

Peter Menchaca ‏@petermenchaca 13h13 hours ago
@NateSilver538 But Nate didn't you see the bird that landed on Bernie's podium a few days ago? #cmon

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65% of the remaining Democratic delegates are in CA, NY, PA, NJ and MD (Original Post) bigtree Mar 2016 OP

it's hard to believe in polls at this point. TheFarseer Mar 2016 #1

caucuses enid602 Mar 2016 #2

Exactly. States where Democrats are voting for our Democratic candidate not others. seabeyond Mar 2016 #3

democratic enid602 Mar 2016 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author reddread Mar 2016 #4

LOL @ that last tweet. nt Cali_Democrat Mar 2016 #5

56%... HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #7

TheFarseer

(9,322 posts)

1. it's hard to believe in polls at this point.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 07:43 AM

Mar 2016

Just vote. If more people vote for your candidate, they will win.

enid602

(8,614 posts)

2. caucuses

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:07 AM

Mar 2016

The real issue is that they are mostly closed primaries . . . no caucuses where PAID activists can make such a difference.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

3. Exactly. States where Democrats are voting for our Democratic candidate not others.

Reply to enid602 (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:10 AM

Mar 2016

enid602

(8,614 posts)

6. democratic

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 09:39 AM

Mar 2016

More democratic.

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reddread This message was self-deleted by its author.

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

5. LOL @ that last tweet. nt

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:51 AM

Mar 2016

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)

7. 56%...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 09:46 AM

Mar 2016

of the remaining 22 primaries left, all Bernie needs is 56% of each to win, odd you'd leave that bit out...

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