Biden wins Ohio!

[BlueLucy]

It's another blow out.

Link to tweet

[Wounded Bear]

1. So if those numbers hold, Sanders would get no delegates anyway...

[Ms. Toad]

12. Most of the votes were likely cast after he withdrew.

My daughter sent off for her ballot and voted the day she received her ballot - the next day Sanders withdrew.

I voted later and chose to vote for a withdrawn candidate (not Sanders). Had Sanders now withdrawn, I likely would have voted for Biden to help ensure Sanders did not win. But most voting when I did would have looked at the list and voted for Biden as the only candidate with a race not paused. So I don't think the vote is representative of how the vote would have gone had it not been delayed.

[Budi]

2. There's not much left to say with these #'s

Biden: 73.9%
Sanders: 13.1%

WOW Ohio!
💙👍

[BlueLucy]

3. There is no way in hell Bernie could ever beat Trump with those numbers.

These are not polls. They're votes

[Budi]

5. Good point

"These are not polls. They're votes"

Did Sanders win any counties at all?
That happened in a few other States didn't it?

Winning by a landslide in a State like Ohio is a pretty big fking deal.!

[Ms. Toad]

13. Not really, since most of the votes were likely cast after Sanders paused his campaign. n/t

[CentralMass]

16. I assume that you are aware that he suspended his campaign 20 days ago .

[Blue_true]

20. Good point. The current margins don't mean that people don't like Sanders. nt

[Cha]

4. Oh WOW! I didn't even know they were voting

on that today!!

Mahalo, BlueLucy! And quite Overwhelmingly! WOW!

[Blue_true]

21. Mailin votes. Ohio did it right.

They mailed out 2 million requested ballots, had gotten 1.5 million back with about 5 days to go before the results were reported.

I really wish other states that are still to vote would talk to Ohio and see how they did it on such short notice.

[Cha]

22. Thank you for that.. We're having mail in votes now.

[Blue_true]

23. I voted mailin for the first time last week. A local special election. nt

[SheltieLover]

6. Thank you, BlueLucy!

WOW! GOOOO JOE!!!

TY, Ohio voters!

Anyone know if tgis was in person voting? I had real over 1 mil were early votes.

[Guilded Lilly]

7. Buckeyes rock!

[Skittles]

8. you are aware the others have dropped out

I am assuming

[Demsrule86]

10. Everyone is still listed on the Ohio ballot...Ohio doesn't change the ballot. I voted for Biden by

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mail...we knew our ballots were counted as they tell you online. We voted straight Democratic of course...we voted for whoever the Party endorsed. We are still pretty new to Cleveland and don't know all the locals or judges. A person could vote for any of the candidates. I think Tim Ryans name was the only one not there.

[Cha]

9. Joe Biden 73.9% to BS' 15.1% 89 Delegates for Biden..

1 Delegate for BS..

Joe Biden
89
73.4%
349,172

Bernie Sanders
1
15.3%
72,763

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=zveoXrnAJof2-gTLtJ74Ag&q=Biden+Wins+Ohio&oq=Biden+Wins+Ohio&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIFCAAQxAIyBQgAEMQCOgIIADoFCAAQgwE6DggAEOoCELQCEJoBEOUCOgcIABBGEPkBOgQIABADOgYIABAWEB5QxAhYwUFgy0hoA3AAeACAAZMCiAGKFJIBBjAuMTkuMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQY&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwi53_L524zpAhUHu54KHUuaBy8Q4dUDCAg&uact=5

[Scurrilous]

17. LOL

So much for keeping your name on the ballot. Sad.

[Cha]

19. Unreal! The law was made on April 3, 2020.. BS Dropped

out on April 8, 2020 and Endorsed Biden on April 13, 2020.. now they want to complain?

Scurrilous

[SpaceNeedle]

11. Why would anyone vote for anyone but Biden?

All others have dropped out

[Ms. Toad]

14. I did.

Biden was not my choice, and since there was no chance by the time I voted that Sanders would win (or if he did that he would become the candidate) I felt no obligation to vote for the candidate most likely to beat him. So in what was essentially a beauty contest, I voted for the person I would have liked to win the nomination (which was neither Biden nor Sanders).

[Demsrule86]

15. It makes no sense to me either. I would have voted for whoever was the winner...to show unity.l

People get way to hung up on primaries. I supported Biden. But had a different candidate emerged, I would have been all in for whoever won. Vote blue no matter who.

[Tom Rinaldo]

18. I can speak for myself

For starters, I will without hesitation give my full support to Biden for President. Second, there is no chance whatsoever that he will lose any primary yet to be held, nor will any result be so close as to be at all embarrassing to Biden (in the Alaska primary Biden beat Sanders by 55.3% to 44.7% and no one raised an eyebrow). Democratic primary results, now that Biden is the only candidate, don't even merit a full blip on the general public's radar screen during this pandemic.

Biden wouldn't need my vote in NY where I live, if the primary somehow still is held here. I would vote for Sanders who I had been supporting before he suspended his campaign, if that primary still somehow happens. I would do so even though I am already having conversations with some disappointed Sanders supporters about why we all need to work to elect Biden. The only people who will pay any real attention at all to the results of Democratic primaries now are political insiders. If Sanders gets more votes than expected under the circumstances that helps send a message that there is still an active part of the Democratic base that is further to the left than Biden. Sanders overall represents my personal views closer than does Biden, I don't mind helping make sure that Democratic insiders know that even though I plan to enthusiastically support Biden in the General. The primary process is also how Democrats decide who goes to the Convention to represent Democrats for a range of policy discussions. I want my views to be heard there even while I unite behind Biden for the Presidential campaign.

[Demsrule86]

24. See that is the issue...you are completely wrong about the purpose of a primary.

A primary is to select a candidate to run in the general election as our nominee...that's it. I have written and suggested party platforms be done at a different time... a platform is meaningless anyway...what matters is do you win the General...that is all. And of course winning down ballot races matter...the rest is unimportant IMHO. The primary is over. We know who our candidate is...and honestly, I see no reason why the losing candidate should shape the platform. And the idea that Sen. Sanders wanted to send voters to the polls when the primary has been decided in the age of Corona disturbs me. States are low on money too. Time to move into the General.

I don't want a platform fight. It is is divisive and foolish to fight over stuff that will likely never happen... I want a smooth voting process that gets us a platform that helps us beat Trump. No matter what the platform says, what we can do in terms of legislation will be determined by how many votes we can muster in Congress and if we win the presidency. The 16 platform meant nothing in real terms because Trump won.