2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Prevails In Wyoming, Continuing Winning Streak Against Hillary Clinton
By John Wagner April 9 at 4:42 PM
NEW YORK Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming caucuses on Saturday, continuing a winning streak against front-runner Hillary Clinton as the two head for a key showdown next week in New York.
The Associated Press called the race for the senator from Vermont, who has now defeated Clinton in the past seven of eight states that have held nominating contests.
During a rally in Queens, Sanders announced from the stage that he had just won Wyoming, prompting an extended standing ovation.
Sanders has generally performed better than Clinton in caucus states, and the electorate in Wyoming mirrored that of some other Western states where Sanders has done well: It is largely rural and white. Unlike in some other states where Sanders has prevailed, the Wyoming contests was closed to independent voters, who tend to break in Sanders's direction.
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Nanjeanne
(4,974 posts)Clintonites had when they "won" Laramie County - then it counted!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)And fell well short of how many he needed to stay on pace to win nomination.
revbones
(3,660 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)Rebkeh
(2,450 posts)Let's go, Bernie!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)congrats on the resounding triumph which caused Sanders to fall further behind.
I did actually LOL. Thanks.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)CharlotteVale
(2,717 posts)the insurgents who now see this momentum blunted before NY because of antiquated caucus rules.
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)SheenaR
(2,052 posts)I am talking about supporters from your side who have taken a 56-43 defeat and run to this site to try to win a war of 1 delegate.
That's who.
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)who has been a Democrat for her entire adult life as opposed to those who support the candidate who decided to run for office as Democrat after proudly proclaiming to be an Independent for how many years?
Got it.
SheenaR
(2,052 posts)and carry different meanings. But I am sure you knew that already Granny
Arkansas Granny
(31,523 posts)I asked for clarification of your post. But, I'm sure you knew that already.
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)There are a few bones to the masses in her campaign rhetoric, but mostly it's Republican lite, both on foreign and domestic issues. More so in the governing than in the campaigning, of course.
We support Sanders because he stands up for what we've been told Democrats stand for, yet you hit him for not being a lifelong Democrat. You're focused on labels instead of policies. At least that's how it looks from here.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)2banon
(7,321 posts)sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)surrogate votes for HRC in Laramie county even
though they may not have shown up?
Response to sadoldgirl (Reply #10)
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farleftlib
(2,125 posts)and it seems all those surrogate ballots were for HRC.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)azmom
(5,208 posts)I hope that's not right.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)at the caucus. If it works in WY like it did in WA, you can use a surrogate ballot if, on the day of the caucus, you are sick or disabled, or have a religious observance, work or military service. There is really no one who checks that one of those conditions actually exists for each person who submits a surrogate ballot.
The whole caucus process is so undemocratic anyway, that, to me, it would feel slimy to verify those conditions while ignoring the fact that poor people without vehicles, or gas money, or bus access, or babysitters etc, often can't participate in caucuses because the venues are too far away. There is no surrogate ballot with a low-income provision for them.
Clinton's demographics are elderly people. They are often sick or disabled, so the overwhelming majority of those surrogate ballots will naturally be ones from Clinton supporters. That said, it seems like that in proportion to the pool of caucus attendees there were a LOT of surrogate ballots.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)for HRC. It needs to be investigated.
It does not make sense otherwise.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Sanders fans whining on Twitter is not sufficient cause for an investigation.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)If Sanders volunteers weren't getting surrogate ballots from their constituents also, I'd be upset.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Go Bernie Dems in NY!
azmom
(5,208 posts)DrDan
(20,411 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)He's still 200+ delegates down and the next batch of states are very favorable to Hillary.