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2016 Postmortem

MadBadger

(24,089 posts) Sun Jun 5, 2016, 08:46 AM Jun 2016

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Hillary Clinton leads by 2.9 million votes (including caucuses)

Old article, but a good one for anybody who thinks Caucuses are the difference between Hillary leading in the popular vote. Hint: Only so many people voted in caucuses.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/19/yes-hillary-clinton-is-winning-the-popular-vote-by-a-wide-margin/?update&tid=a_inl

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Hillary Clinton leads by 2.9 million votes (including caucuses) (Original Post) MadBadger Jun 2016 OP

Caucuses need to go. It's not the 1800s any more. nt BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #1

Caucuses need to be eliminated, imo bigwillq Jun 2016 #2

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

1. Caucuses need to go. It's not the 1800s any more. nt

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Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:09 AM

Jun 2016

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

2. Caucuses need to be eliminated, imo

Reply to MadBadger (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 09:11 AM

Jun 2016

And the candidate with the pop vote lead should be the nominee. In this case, Hillary Clinton should be the nominee for the DEMs in 2016.

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