Virgin Island caucus results: 84% for Hillary; 12% for Bernie.

[pnwmom]

Last edited Sun Jun 5, 2016, 07:39 AM - Edit history (4)

Hillary gets all 7 pledged delegates -- and then the Puerto Rico primary, with 60 pledged delegates, is Sunday.

Hillary, coincidentally, needs only 60 more delegates to reach the majority of all delegates. So she'll be very close when voting in several states starts on Tuesday.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/06/05/clinton-sweeps-us-virgin-islands/85441352/

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton scored a sweeping win in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday, picking up all seven pledged delegates at stake as she inched tantalizingly close to the Democratic nomination.

She is now just 60 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to advance to the November general election.

The party said Clinton won 84.2% of the vote, while Bernie Sanders earned 12.2%. Under Democratic National Committee rules, a candidate must win at least 15% of the vote to be eligible to receive delegates.

It was almost as big a margin as Barack Obama had in 2008 when he beat Clinton by 90% to 8%.

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[bkkyosemite]

1. rich people

[pnwmom]

2. The rich people are voting in the Republican caucus. n/t

[msanthrope]

4. Never been, have you? nt

[Tarc]

5. Seriously?

The median income for a household in the territory was $24,704, and the median income for a family was $28,553. Males had a median income of $28,309 versus $22,601 for females. The per capita income for the territory was $13,139. About 28.7% of families and 32.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.7% of those less than 18 years old and 29.8% of those 65 or more years old.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands#Demographics

[okasha]

9. Oligarchs!

[msongs]

8. demographics nt

[grossproffit]

11. You're right. St. John went for Sanders.

[Recursion]

13. It's poorer than any state

[obamanut2012]

14. Wow, seriously, you just said that?

So far from the truth it isn't even funny.

[MadBadger]

15. Douche bag

[bkkyosemite]

17. Back at you....they get their money from rich people that is how they survive and so

they vote for HRC.

[MadBadger]

19. You learned everything you know from an HGTV episode

[Haveadream]

20. omg

Do you understand how condescending and disparaging that is? Really offensive. On behalf of the voters of the Virgin Islands, please stop.

[Recursion]

21. You have lost your damn mind (nt)

[lunamagica]

3. ...

[bkkyosemite]

7. It's okay I was just watching HGTV and they were buying million dollar homes in the islands.

I know there are poor there too. Those who were born there not those who moved there. ..

[Feathery Scout]

6. Makes a statement

[NurseJackie]

10. Bernie craters! His campaign is in freefall!

[firebrand80]

12. The south, obviously nt

[tarheelsunc]

16. Can't wait to hear why the BSers think this was rigged. eom

[eastwestdem]

18. It's coming...wait for it. nt