Media unimpressed as Sanders barely gets seventy percent of vote

[AnotherVoter]

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Source: New Yorker

"The major cable networks briefly mentioned Sanders’s vote tallies in Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii but noted that he ran out of steam well shy of eighty per cent."

"A spokesperson for CNN could not be reached for comment, as the network was busy preparing a ninety-minute special on the birth of Donald Trump’s new grandchild."

<Satire obviously...>

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/media-unimpressed-as-sanders-barely-gets-seventy-per-cent-of-vote

[Roy Rolling]

1. another squeaker n/t

[xocet]

2. With only seventy percent of the vote, it must be time to step aside for Hillary. n/t

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. OH Bernie "ran out of steam well shy of 80%", so he lost then...

[Human101948]

4. This is not LBN...it's satire

Even though I agree with it.

[AnotherVoter]

5. Hmm.. can things be moved?

I'm relatively new here.. I was wondering if that was the right place. Where do you think it should go? Maybe primary section?

[sharp_stick]

6. GD would probably be OK for Borowitz

GD-P or the Lounge would probably also fit.

[anigbrowl]

7. ...for entirely rational reasons

Caucuses are not such a great guide to general-election voting behavior, and the number of delegates at stake is small. Sanders has picked up 35 more delegates than Clinton over the weekend; well done for that, but in terms of the overall contest 35 delegates is just not a very large number. Contrast this with the ~500 delegates up for grabs in California, for example; a small margin of victory in CA outweighs large margins of victory in less populous states.

[strategery blunder]

9. Not all of the delegates from WA have actually been 'tallied' yet.

Sanders will eventually end up with about 73 delegates (give or take 2) from WA state alone, which has 101 delegates to give.

Those delegates will be formally allocated at county/legislative district conventions.

Even though the delegate count could be estimated with good accuracy now from the initial caucus results, like the media did for Iowa, I suspect that now the media is looking for ways to 'suppress' Bernie's delegate count to make him appear less viable than he really is.

[passiveporcupine]

13. Thank you for this

Those delegates will be formally allocated at county/legislative district conventions.

Because I didn't understand the disparity. And you are probably right that not counting them now is more than likely an attempt to suppress enthusiasm for one side and bolster the other.

[Betty Karlson]

8. K&R for awesome satire.

[LibDemAlways]

10. The media would continue to

shamelessly promote Clinton even if Bernie won every remaining primary contest. I just heard a report on the local NBC affiliate in LA that California Democrats are "uniting behind" Clinton, when, in fact, the poll they were referencing had her in front of Bernie by just 45-37%. In no way does that reflect voters' "unifying" behind her with over 2 months to go before the June primary. God, I hate the corporate whores.

[JGug1]

11. Barely 70%

I think that the media has failed to be impressed with Bernie's performance in the last three primaries because he was expected to win and did and they were all caucuses, where he has performed much better than Clinton. The problem is, as Nate Silver's blog says, he is running out of caucuses. Now, IF he can perform better than expected in the Wisconsin and New York, I think he will have the attention of the press.

[billhicks76]

12. HuffPost Asks Hillary To Concede

Criminal investigation.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/its-time-for-hillary-clin_b_9555422.html

[Omaha Steve]

14. Locking after a review by forum hosts

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