Hillary 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 won’t 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 she’s 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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In March she got 27% but now with way more turnout she got 53.6 %!!!!! WOW!!!
