MA margin of victory for HRC now only 1.42%!!

[AmBlue]

Last edited Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)

With 99.95% reporting. Wow... this one's another squeaker.

[bkkyosemite]

1. link please

[AmBlue]

2. MA elections website

https://apps.bostonglobe.com/election-results/2016/primary/democratic/massachusetts/?p1=BG_election_results

[retrowire]

3. Just like Iowa.

For fucks sake!!! lol

[JonLeibowitz]

5. 50-49! How exciting!

[senz]

60. Just like Florida, November 2000.

(You probably don't remember, for which I envy you.)

[retrowire]

63. I was in middle school then.

And though I was mostly unware, I do know what you're referring to. It's an infamous event.

[AmBlue]

75. I live in Florida and that election was horrifying.

It changed the course of my life and I became deeply involved in election integrity advocacy.

[senz]

78. Well, AmBlue, here we are, back in the same place.

Elections are the only enduring power granted to the people by our Constitution, so they are of prime importance. Protecting them might very well be the most fundamental way we have of preserving our democracy.

[AmBlue]

79. Actually, there is no federal constitutional right to vote.

And most Americans don't realize it. Besides the utter chaos of the 2000 election, this one jarring fact stood out:

"On December 12, 2000, in Bush v. Gore the U.S. Supreme Court said that “the individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote." As a result, states’ rights reigned over individual rights because there is no citizenship right to vote in the Constitution. A federal right to vote in the Constitution would have required all the votes to be counted because an individual right to vote would have taken precedence over Florida's law."

You can read more about it here:
http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/does-the-us-constitution-guarantee-americans-an-affirmative-individual-right-to-vote

There are many articles about this startling fact. There's another good article about it here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/08/what-does-the-constitution-actually-say-about-voting-rights/278782/

[bernbabe]

4. Now 1.8

[AmBlue]

6. NOW 1.8%!! At 12:18am...

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 570,833 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 549,496 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,443 votes

Others
0.8% 8,967 votes

[Pharaoh]

7. Its a fucking virtual tie!

[MissDeeds]

8. Bernie's campaign needs to look closely at this

With Bill Clinton appearing at several polling sites and one site being locked for two hours while he made an appearance, there was a boatload of questionable things taking place. Voter suppression has been mentioned, just for starters.

With the votes being so close, it warrants further scrutiny.

[NowSam]

29. Totally unacceptable

Quite frankly, he ought to be brought up on charges.

[Duckfan]

42. TYT did piece on Bubba on this

What a POS?

He knows Secret Service will close stuff off where ever he goes.

Is anyone else pissed about him campaigning W/I 150 ft. of polling place?

[AmBlue]

50. ABSOLUTELY! Highly irregular...

...and from what I see in the video, against the law.

[peacebird]

76. He was INSIDE the polling place as well.

[senz]

61. +1000

Something's rotten in the state of Denmark.

[MissDeeds]

66. There is a petition at change.org

calling for his arrest for voting violations. It has over 47,000 signatures at this point. Apparently, a lot of people are furious and not willing to let this slide.

[senz]

67. Yes, well aware.

There was also an OP for it, but it got hidden this morning.

The signatures are growing; it was only 42,896 about an hour ago. I would imagine one could post the link in the comment section of any political website.

[MissDeeds]

69. I was hesitant to post the link for that very reason n/t

[senz]

70. Same here.

But afaik, it's okay to link to another DU thread, and ... there it is.

[Optimism]

9. Considering that Nate Silver...

... gave her a 94% chance of winning MA (or whatever it was), this is a VERY respectable result.

And with Bernie surpassing expectations tonight, and the slim margins involved in bell-weather states ... I truly feel this will be a YUUUUGE boost to his fundraising totals tonight and tomorrow. And just wait until the WEST COAST finally gets to vote!!

[Nyan]

18. I'd like to quote Cenk at this point.

"Nate Silver has lost his mind."

[stillwaiting]

53. Nate's just part of the Establishment. He knows what he needs to say to be well paid. nt

[ALBliberal]

10. Obama lost Mass in 2008? Before or after Kennedy endorsement?

Anyone know? Sorry I.guess I can just look it up!

[Robbins]

12. after

thing to remember clinton won big in mass in 2008.here she barely won.and like iowa it was basicly stolen with bill clinton shuting down polling places.

[senz]

62. I'm getting election 2000 déjà vu.

[Robbins]

65. your not only one

clintons look like in iowa,nevada,and mass like bush in florida in 2000 and ohio in 2004.and they wonder why bernie supporters
don't like clintons.

[senz]

68. It's that pesky resemblance

to the Bush family -- with whom they grew so close after leaving the White House.

Just like we tell our kids, be careful whom you hang out with.

Turns out, Bernie supporters are the last true remaining Democrats.

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. He could win it!

Wouldn't that tick off the corrupt corporate owned MSM talking heads?!



PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[bernbabe]

13. That seems unlikely

but maybe he could pick up another delegate if it gets closer.

[Duckfan]

43. I'm saying my prayers he does

Because DWS and the rest of them can go to hell.

[AmBlue]

14. There are 3 strong Bernie counties with 4-7% of vote still out @ 12:29am

Worcester County
Berkshire County
Franklin County

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/mar/01/super-tuesday-results-live-state-by-state

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. Oooooooh.

[HooptieWagon]

16. Sanders needs 22,000 votes.

That's a tall order, but it looks like most of the missing towns are in solid Sanders territory. Nail-biting time.

[AmBlue]

19. Amazes me how the M$M can call this race so early.

Actually, it really doesn't amaze me. This one is still too close to call.

[LiberalElite]

49. around 5 PM yesterday in Google News I saw a

headline that Sanders was getting slammed across the country. That is not a typo. 5PM Which country was that Evil Empire again?

[senz]

64. NPR is blatant in their pro-Hillary, anti-Bernie reporting.

They used to be impartial with a liberal tinge. Then the Republicans defunded them. Then the corporations moved in to become their main sponsors. Now, they're just as corporate-controlled as any other media.

And, of course, Hillary is just as corporate as any Repub.

[SheenaR]

17. It's comical

That the other side thinks Mass was the nail in the coffin. Flip it around. If Bernie won by 2 or 3 delegates nobody would care. It's insane how they distort every single detail of every single aspect of this campaign

[senz]

72. They do it to demoralize us. It's an ugly psychological game

that speaks volumes about who and what they are. Is there nothing they won't stoop to?

[AmBlue]

20. When margins are so tight and the hour is so late....

It's REALLY important we watch this one up until it's 100% reporting. Irregularities with electronic voting are *notorious* for occuring very late when less eyes are on the process.

[kath]

21. now at 1.8% again.

[AmBlue]

22. Still at 1.8% at 12:35am

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 576,041 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 554,616 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,482 votes

Others
0.8% 9,030 votes

https://apps.bostonglobe.com/election-results/2016/primary/democratic/massachusetts/?p1=BG_election_results

[AmBlue]

23. Plymouth County has 14% of the vote outstanding at 12:38am

But HRC and Bernie are tied at 49.3% each. They are separated only by 10 votes in that county!!! geesh!

[AmBlue]

24. Essex County has 15% of the vote outstanding at 12:40am

And HRC leads there by 1.4%.

[AmBlue]

25. 3% oustanding in Middlesex Cty @ 12:42am

HRC leads there by 4.6%

[AmBlue]

27. 12% outstanding in Hampden County at 12:44am

HRC leads there by 4.2%

[AmBlue]

28. Berkshire Cty has 5% outstanding @ 12:46am

Bernie leads there by 3.8%.

[AmBlue]

30. Franklin County now has 2.5% outstanding @ 12:47am

with Bernie leading by a WHOPPING 40%!!

[AmBlue]

31. Worcester has 4.7% outstanding @ 12:49am

Bernie leading by a full 8% of the vote.

[AmBlue]

33. Essex now has 10.8% oustanding @ at 12:57am

And HRC's margin has narrowed to just .4%!

[AmBlue]

36. Plymouth Cty now has 11.2% outstanding at 1:21am

And Bernie is now leading HRC by .2% (49.4 to 49.2).

[grasswire]

26. thank you

Please stay on top of this!

[jillan]

32. Are any of the outstanding counties heavily populated, enough to make a difference?

[AmBlue]

34. Plymouth, Essex and Worcester are most populous...

of those with outstanding votes.

[AmBlue]

35. 4.14% of the total vote is outstanding. The margin is just 1.8%. 1:02am

95.86% precincts reporting (1,155,761 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 581,601 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 560,493 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,522 votes

Others
0.8% 9,145 votes

[AmBlue]

37. Still at 1.8% margin with 96.59% reporting @ 1:36am

96.59% precincts reporting (1,165,848 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 586,362 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 565,644 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,559 votes

Others
0.8% 9,283 votes

[AmBlue]

38. 1.75 margin with 96.78% reporting @ 1:45am

96.78% precincts reporting (1,167,733 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 587,159 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 566,716 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,565 votes

Others
0.8% 9,293 votes

[AmBlue]

39. 1.75% margin with 96.82% reporting @ 2:02am

96.82% precincts reporting (1,168,445 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 587,478 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 567,091 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,567 votes

Others
0.8% 9,309 votes

[delrem]

40. You see. It's winnable.

[AmBlue]

41. Signing off... If anyone can, please continue to post stats.

The websites I'm pulling the info from are here:

https://apps.bostonglobe.com/election-results/2016/primary/democratic/massachusetts/?p1=BG_election_results
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/mar/01/super-tuesday-results-live-state-by-state

Curious to see the final numbers in the morning.

[Duckfan]

44. Is it still winnable for Bernie?

[AmBlue]

48. There is 1.72% difference between HRC and Bernie.

And there is 3.8% of the vote still to be counted.

[hillarysong2016]

45. Good news...but MSM spin will be..

"Another WIIIIIIIIIIIN for Hillary!!!" meanwhile, whenever the officially MSM-designated Greater Evil Republican (Trump) beats the rest of the (officially MSM Designated "Lesser Evil&quot Republicans by far, far more, they are like ok, the others are staying in the race and fighting Trump...but Bernie just a hair behind and their bias (or their utter TERROR at being targeted by the vindictive Clinton machine) shows...

In fact I could go on a long rant about how Trump is evil, but in many areas, he is the lesser evil (Planned Parenthood position, Libya/Syria/Middle east position, and even Elizabeth Warren gave him points on his higher taxes for the rich) yes I know he's "still very evil" but its absurd how the other republicans who are to the RIGHT of Trump on those issues, are not officially designated crazies, only him....And on Libya/Syria/Middle east, Hillary herself is to the right of Trump...again only he gets called crazy, not her positions (which are worse than crazy...they are mass murder costing us trillions of dollars..one calculation by a nobel prize winning economist working with harvard professor, is $3 Trillion cost)...but i'm here to mostly post about Bernie and a pro-Bernie parody son about Hillary

[in_cog_ni_to]

54. Trump also hit her over the head with her FBI INVESTIGATION! Bernie would never do that, so I have

to thank Trump for it! People need to know she could be INDICTED any day now!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[nxylas]

46. Being in the UK, I'm just getting up

It's around 8.30 am here.

96.92% precincts reporting (1,170,867 votes total)

Clinton: 50.3%
Sanders: 48.5%
O'Malley: 0.4%
Others: 0.8%

I'm curious to know who these "others" are, who are getting twice as many votes as O'Malley.

[AmBlue]

47. 1.72% margin with 96.92% reporting @6:46am

96.92% precincts reporting (1,170,867 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.3% 588,590 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.5% 568,378 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,585 votes

Others
0.8% 9,314 votes

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

51. Would have been a hell of a lot closer without O'Malley and 'other' voters... nt

[Jester Messiah]

52. If it's close she'll steal it.

Just like a Republican.

[jillan]

55. Of course the media is not talking about this. Less than 2%, not all votes counted yet.

This was not a decisive win for Hillary.

[jillan]

56. Down to 1.4%!!! Would love to see it below 1%

[AmBlue]

57. 1.44% margin now with 99.03% reporting @ 11:04am

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99.03% precincts reporting (1,197,120 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.1% 600,041 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.7% 582,801 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,702 votes

Others
0.8% 9,576 votes

[AmBlue]

58. 1.42% margin with 99.95% reporting @1:19pm

99.95% precincts reporting (1,204,900 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton
50.1% 603,782 votes

Bernie Sanders
48.7% 586,694 votes

Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,742 votes

Others
0.8% 9,682 votes

[AmBlue]

59. There are now only approx 6,000 votes left to tally...

...And Bernie would have to overcome a 17,000 deficit to win, so a win is not happening. But what IS interesting is the margin of victory has continued to narrow to a near tie as the votes are almost all counted. It's likely what's left are overseas (military, expats, etc.), so the last .05% of votes will continue to trickle in.

VERY tight race!! Great job Bernie and all who voted, phone-banked, and knocked on doors!! We're in it to win it..... All the way to the CONVENTION!!

[senz]

71. Wonder how many MA voters gave up w/ the disruptions?

[AmBlue]

74. I wonder the same.... Nt

[nc4bo]

73. Iowa and Ma tell me that Bernie is very, very competitive,. In it for the long haul baby! nt

[earthside]

77. Count MA as a tie.

That close and that is what it is for all practical purposes.

Now, if we did like the HRC Group we would post lots of photos of Bernie with 'love' emojis and proclaim how handsome he is.