Biden wins Connecticut in final presidential primary of year

[George II]

Source: The Hill

Former Vice President Joe Biden won Connecticut’s presidential primary on Tuesday — the final presidential primary of the year — as he continues to accumulate delegates just days before his formal nomination at the party's convention.

Biden won with about 84 percent of the vote with 23 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was trailing with roughly 12 percent.

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In total, Biden won 42 state primary contests plus Washington, D.C., while Sanders won seven.

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According to the AP, Biden heads toward the convention with 2,627 pledged delegates to Sanders's 1,073.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510082-joe-biden-wins-connecticut-primary

[djacq]

1. Wait. What?... There was one more Primary!

[George II]

10. Yeah. Ours was originally scheduled for April I believe (so long ago I forget), postponed to Aug. 11

[R B Garr]

2. Wow, 84%.

[Cha]

3. Good to see the huge majority of those in Connecticut

voting for the actual Democratic candidate.

Seems like there's one state missing?

In total, Biden won 42 state primary contests plus Washington, D.C., while Sanders won seven.

Where's the 50th State?! lol

[SunSeeker]

4. Pete Buttigieg won Iowa.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-idUSKBN2002JS

[Cha]

5. Oh right!

Link to tweet

Mahalo!

[George II]

6. Actually as the delegates shook out after the caucuses, Biden "won" Iowa:

Biden 16
Buttigieg 7
Klobuchar 1
Sanders 12
Warren 5

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-primary-elections/delegate-count

[SunSeeker]

11. So Buttitgieg delegates switched to Biden after he endorsed Biden?

I notice your link doesn’t highlight Biden's Iowa total as the winner like it does the other states.

[George II]

12. I was surprised when I saw that about two weeks ago. It's a caucus, and the rules are looser....

....than those for primaries.

Since the primary campaign is a quest for delegates, one can assume that the candidate with the most delegates in a state/territory is the ultimate winner.

[NurseJackie]

7. Apparently there were a lot of "uncommitted" GOP voters...

... that doesn't look good for Trump.

[George II]

8. More than 13% of the republicans voted "uncommitted", my guess is they'll vote for Biden...

Connecticut is thankfully a closed primary state, so republicans could only vote for donnie or Rocky or uncommitted.

[NurseJackie]

9. Thankfully, indeed! Democratic party decisions should be made by DEMOCRATS only.

Those from other parties... and those who can't make the most simple "commitment" to the Democratic party by checking a box on their voter registration form, should not be able to participate in PARTY BUSINESS. Period.

Join the party, or wait until the General Election.