Clinton wins California

[Chicago1980]

Source: CNN

BREAKING NEWS/NO COMMENTARY

Read more: http://www.cnn.com

[etherealtruth]

1. Results

Clinton leads by 14 points, with 84% reporting.

CANDIDATES VOTE PCT.
Hillary Clinton 1,691,296 56.3%
Bernie Sanders 1,284,883 42.8

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/california

[nitpicker]

4. The NY Times link updates itself

Now 88% of precincts reporting.

[riversedge]

32. Hillary Clinton 55.6% 1,906,282; Bernie Sanders 42.9% 1,471,764

Candidate
Percentage
Votes
Votes Behind
Hillary Clinton
55.6%
1,906,282
--
Bernie Sanders
42.9%
1,471,764
-434,518
All Others
1.5%
51,998
-1,854,284
Precincts Reporting
98.4%
Total Votes
3,430,044
http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/results/2016/primary/dem/president/california/

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R

[leftynyc]

3. Kick and Rec

A very good night for Hillary.

[spooky3]

5. MSNBC just called it too.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. A very big cherry on top of the night's great news.

[pnwmom]

7. Finally! Yay! n/t

[gademocrat7]

8. K&R!

[bdwker]

9. Yay

Bernie was great...but he should accept the facts.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. Finally!

Now can we quit with the awful comments?

We need to get it together and bet Trump on a landslide.

[TexasTowelie]

11. K&R!

[wisteria]

12. Wow!

Great news. The time has come to work together. Many of Bernie Sander's concerns should become part of the Democratic Plateform. And, many of his supporters are passionate and worked so hard. I applaud you all.

[BlueMTexpat]

15. + a million! eom

[secondwind]

23. Yes, we need to stock together... I'm sorry that he lost, he presented us with a chance for REAL

change. I hope HRC does not go after Social Security. If and when she does, you heard it here first. We get what we deserve

[Cary]

35. My hope would be an end to the negativity

But leopards don't easily change their spots, and at least we know where our weak links are.

[dhill926]

55. well said...

[MFM008]

13. Wow

Awesome finish of the state's.

[BlueMTexpat]

14. The New York Times has

also - finally - acknowledged this clearly. http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results

Wow - 13 points with 93% of the vote in! Not even that close, after all!

Hillary won four of six contests last night and that firmly erases ANY chances of a Sanders comeback.

DC next week is literally a done deal for Hillary - not sure why Bernie insists on staying in these circumstances. But that is his choice - even if it does not, IMO, demonstrate good judgment.

[smiley]

16. I'm ashamed

To call myself an American and a Democrat.

Goodbye DU. The corrupt Hilary Clinton will never get my vote.

[Action_Patrol]

17. Stay classy

[OwlinAZ]

18. You'll be happier having done what's right

things are clearer now. Particularly the power and corruption of the media.

[keylargo]

19. I doubt you were either...

Maybe a repug plant or some converted indy, a true Democrat would not be vindictive and not vote...

[Stuckinthebush]

36. ^this

Boom

[La Lioness Priyanka]

68. Yup

[Demit]

20. Perhaps you're not a Democrat.

[wolfie001]

24. Bingo!

You win!

[liberal N proud]

25. Were you ever a Democrat?

One has to wonder!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

29. Please reconsider smiley... what other choice do we have?

President tRump would be the worst disaster this country has ever seen.

[Johnny2X2X]

31. See ya

Go vote for Trump, he wants to bomb half the world, imprison his political opponents, and torture Ameriicans while he abolishes the minimum wage and the 40 hour work week and a woman's right to choose. In the mean time you could have voted for a candidate who stands with Bernie Sanders on about 97% of all the issue.

No two candidates in either party have been more similar policy wise than Clinton and Sanders. Even the areas they disagree with each other they are most of the time still on the same side of the issue just to different degrees.

[Bluzmann57]

33. see ya

Don't let the door hit ya where the lord split ya.

[RandySF]

39. Bye

[beastie boy]

42. Buh bye!

[Paladin]

43. Enough already.

[ExtraGriz]

45. Bye-Bye

[stonecutter357]

51. .

[geek tragedy]

58. Happy trails! nt

[wildeyed]

21. Great night for Clinton!

[retrowire]

22. *quietly observes the following events* nt

[upaloopa]

26. Great ! We kicked Bernie butt in my home state! Bye bye Bernie

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Great! One last kick while the man is down... classy!

[dhill926]

56. not helpful...

[Vogon_Glory]

27. El Bern fue Quemado en California n/t

[onehandle]

28. Save that headline for November as well. nt

[Chicago1980]

34. I didn't think the spread would be so big.

A few days ago the polls were allegedly close, but this wasn't...

[zalinda]

38. Of course not

the media took care of that. Do you think the AP winner announcement was a slip? For someone who only had a 3% recognition factor he did a hell of a job, even though the Democratic Party and the media worked against him. Hell, even Obama stepped in and suppressed the DOJ against her until after the election. He can't let the emails between them about the TPP get out. We are truly fucked.

For it to be even this close was a miracle. She has been known for 25 years and he only a year.

Z

[beastie boy]

44. I agree.

For an obscure senator and a part time Democrat, he did a hell of a job!

He only lost California by double digits. Even though he outspent Hillary on media buys there.

[Orrex]

49. delete

[zalinda]

54. Even people who don't have a stake in the race

have said that the cards were stacked against Bernie from the start.

We now have 2 candidates that the majority of the people don't like and don't trust. What a wonderful country!

Z

[Orrex]

57. delete

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[cui bono]

70. +1

[SaschaHM]

61. 2 things....

1)The polls factored in for a much much lower early voting margin. They all had Hillary at +10~+12, when in reality it was +25 or so. 2) Polling with regards to Hispanic and Asian American populations is still terrible (as it has always been)

Yes, turnout was probably down a bit, but that large early vote deficit put Bernie in a hole from the beginning.

[Nitram]

37. I hope Bernie can now concede and help us beat Trump.

Clinton will make a great president.

[ExtraGriz]

47. +1

[Starry Messenger]

40. Beautiful finish from my state.

K&R

[Gamecock Lefty]

41. Zalinda, you say . . .

Bernie only had a recognition factor of 3%. But he's been in Congress for years and years. My question - why isn't he better known? What has he been doing all those years NOT to be recognized by anyone? Nothing?

[ExtraGriz]

46. win by a huge margin

onward to the GE

[titaniumsalute]

48. I'm sad Bernie lost...I think he'd have made a great President

But Hillary has my vote. Time to beat the orange Fascist.

[Orrex]

60. I'm very impressed...

I'm very impressed by the class and graciousness I've seen from Sanders supporters in the past several hours. From the levels of vitriol on DU in recent months (from both sides!) I feared that there would be no hope of unity once the primaries had passed.

I'm grateful to have been mistaken, and I appreciate my fellow Dems' willingness to unite against a common opponent.

[Beacool]

64. I know how you feel, I felt like the same in 2008.

Hang in there....

[GulfCoast66]

50. We need to make sure

Great news!

Some of we Clinton supporters actual like Bernie.

I do think we need our platform to be shaped a lot by Bernie then use it to beat the republicans into the ground!

[stonecutter357]

52. K&R!

[enid602]

53. gracious

I'm just glad she was as gracious in victory as she was in defeat in 2008. Ironically, her defeat in 2008 probably gave her her greatest ally and life long friend.

[mountain grammy]

59. I'll always believe Bernie would have made a great president.

He captured the hearts of millions.. an honest man of the people who recognizes the dangers of our corporate run government and corporate run media eating away at our environment and democracy.

That said, I will vote for Hillary. There's really no other choice, progress is progress.

[Tobin S.]

65. My sentiments, exactly.

I've stayed out of the political discussions this primary season, but I was rooting for Bernie and I voted for him in my state's primary election. However, Hillary has my vote in November. My sig line says it all, I think. I don't see how sitting out the election or voting third party can help matters any, especially when the Republicans are running a goon like Trump.

[mountain grammy]

66. Yep, time to move on.

Of all the political disappointments and upheavals I've witnessed in my lifetime, this is pretty tame. I'm proud to be part of a party that gave America our first African American president and I'm proud we will elect our first female president. In fact, I would be thrilled if we doubled down and chose Warren for VP.

You were smart to stay out of the political discussions.

[SaschaHM]

62. Wow K+R.

This was a late call, but I can understand the caution.

As soon as the early vote came in though, you could tell what type of night it was going to be. She was ahead in every poll and they had factored in a much lower early vote margin. The margin should close some with the late EV, but this shows how crucial early voting will be in November and why republicans are trying to cut down on the days.

[Beacool]

63. Yes!!!

I actually thought that it was going to be closer, but she was far ahead from the very beginning and stayed there.

[lark]

67. I'm in mourning for Bernie.

Damn, he is so good and would have made such a great president, but no, that's not going to happen.
I'll move to acceptance but not easily and not right now. Now, I'm just sad.

[cui bono]

69. Too bad the AP made that an illegitimate "win".