Bernie's Wisconsin ace in the hole Open primaries have been good for the Vermont senator

[ProgressiveEconomist]

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Source: Politico

MADISON, Wisc. — Wisconsin has all the hallmarks of a Bernie Sanders-friendly state: large numbers of college-age voters, a progressive electorate and one of the whiter populations in the country.But when the state goes to the polls Tuesday, it will feature another element that’s proved just as vital to the Vermont senator’s success – an open primary format where voters don’t need to be Democrats to participate.

While he’s lost the majority of Democratic primaries that have taken place this year, the three primary wins he’s posted -- New Hampshire, Michigan, and Vermont – have all come in states with open contests where non-Democrats can vote.Sanders will need to take full advantage of Tuesday’s open primary because there aren’t many of them left. There are just 18 states remaining in his nomination contest against Hillary Clinton and just two – Indiana and Montana – are classified as open primaries with no restrictions on who can vote in the Democratic contest.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-sanders-wisconsin-open-primary-221529

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Will Wisconsin turn out to be Bernie's last hurrah?

[C Moon]

1. " We're sorry, but that page cannot be found"

[ProgressiveEconomist]

2. Fixed it--Thanks

An errant "9" crept in somehow.

[C Moon]

9. Thanks

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. nope. he'll win the caucus in wyoming too i bet

They just moved all the sites to bigger venues to account to the massive new dem registrations

[ProgressiveEconomist]

4. Caucuses are pretty small-ball

aren't they?

And while HRC needs to average only 34 percent of delegates in the remaining 18 states to reach the first-ballot threshold, Bernie needs twice that percentage.

Math is against him, don't you agree?

[JonLeibowitz]

5. He has an uphill battle but the whole "math is against him" is bunk. It makes him appear a simpleton

What do you expect him to do? Drop out?

Or is the "feel the math" "math is against him" stuff just snide comments meant to dismiss him and the issues he is raising and policies he is fighting for?

We'll keep supporting our candidate no matter what you say, so there's that.

[C Moon]

8. +1000

[rpannier]

6. Highly unlikely it's the last hurrah

He's close in some behind in some, ahead in others
As has been written about, he does better on voting day then he does with absentee voters
Most absentee votes, so far, have come before March 1
We're now entering the stages where more absentee ballots will likely come after Mar 1 than before
This should help him

[scottie55]

7. I Grew Up In A Conservative Area Of Washington State

And when I talked to my mom she told me 450 people showed up to "caucus" in a town of around 700. Many of the people were from the surrounding area I suppose. Mom said no one had ever seen anything like it.

I looked at the vote totals it was 156 delegates for Bernie to 23 for Hillary.

Now that is almost 7 to 1.

Very interesting.

It's strange. None of my "conservative" friends have anything bad to say about Bernie. And I mean none. Hillary, well, that's not the case.

[MADem]

11. Your conservative friends love Bernie. He's an easy opponent for their actual favorite.

[Gene Debs]

10. I imagine a lot depends on how resistant Wisconsin is to Wasserman Schultz and the

DNC's "meddling."

[BooScout]

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