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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton wins symbolic Washington state primary (HRC GP)
Washington state already awarded all of its democratic primary delegates two months ago when it held its caucus voting, with most of those delegates going to Bernie Sanders amid low turnout. But tonight the same state held a democratic primary with no delegates attached, whose sole purpose seems to have been to test the waters for whether the primary format would work better. Two clear results: voter turnout was much higher for the primary, and Hillary Clinton won easily.
The symbolic victory wont put Hillary Clinton any closer mathematically to clinching the democratic nomination, which will instead occur in Puerto Rico on June 5th or more likely when the polls close in New Jersey on June 7th. But turnout for the Washington democratic primary was nearly three times as high as it had been for the earlier Washington democratic caucus, driving home the point that the primary format is more conducive to allowing citizens to vote, and that conversely, the caucus format is a de facto form of voter suppression.
The state of Washington website is reporting that more than 650,000 votes have been cast in the democratic primary, a remarkable number for a contest which carried no more impact than a straw poll, particularly in contrast to the mere 230,000 voters who had turned out in the same state for the results-actually-mattered caucus. Supporters of Hillary Clinton have pointed to the fact that shes done well in primary states, which had consistently high turnout, and her opponent Sanders has mostly only done well in caucus states, which had consistently poor turnout. In any case, Clinton is ahead by more than three million votes nationwide.
The symbolic victory wont put Hillary Clinton any closer mathematically to clinching the democratic nomination, which will instead occur in Puerto Rico on June 5th or more likely when the polls close in New Jersey on June 7th. But turnout for the Washington democratic primary was nearly three times as high as it had been for the earlier Washington democratic caucus, driving home the point that the primary format is more conducive to allowing citizens to vote, and that conversely, the caucus format is a de facto form of voter suppression.
The state of Washington website is reporting that more than 650,000 votes have been cast in the democratic primary, a remarkable number for a contest which carried no more impact than a straw poll, particularly in contrast to the mere 230,000 voters who had turned out in the same state for the results-actually-mattered caucus. Supporters of Hillary Clinton have pointed to the fact that shes done well in primary states, which had consistently high turnout, and her opponent Sanders has mostly only done well in caucus states, which had consistently poor turnout. In any case, Clinton is ahead by more than three million votes nationwide.
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/hillary-clinton-wins-symbolic-washington-state-primary-vote/24887/
http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/President-Democratic-Party_ByCounty.html
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Hillary Clinton wins symbolic Washington state primary (HRC GP) (Original Post)
Her Sister
May 2016
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Cha
(297,029 posts)1. It's important, HS.. Thank you! She'll win the GE and now the SuperDels in WA can point
to this when they endorse Hillary for President.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)2. Yes, it's important!
Thank you, Cha! Such great news! In March she got 27% but now with way more turnout she got 53.6 %!!!!! WOW!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2016USDem
Cha
(297,029 posts)3. Really excited about this.. 53.6%! they do love our Hillary in Washington State.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)4. Now Nebraska and Washington State!
same situation! woohoo!!!! They don't count, but they DO! lol!
Cha
(297,029 posts)5. Oh yeah.. I barely heard something about Nebraska too.. I bet they count
to Hillary's campaign.
book_worm
(15,951 posts)6. This is important and why doesn't the media report more about it?
She does best where more people vote.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)7. So awesome! Imagine if all the States had primaries!
Hmmmm!!!