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Related: About this forumWhy Sam Wang is not covering D primaries anymore
I've been looking forward to his forecasts as his reputation is even more sterling than Nate Silvers. But he's been doing 🐘 only. Yesterday, in a foot note, I finally discovered why http://election.princeton.edu/2016/03/05/more-of-the-same/
[link:http://election.princeton.edu/2016/03/05/more-of-the-same/|
* Im not going to write about Democrats. If we use the majority of pledged delegates as a criterion, the paint became dry as of South Carolina/Nevada. If one includes superdelegates in the count, Hillary Clinton started above the 50% criterion even before Iowa/New Hampshire and has not dipped below.
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Why Sam Wang is not covering D primaries anymore (Original Post)
robbedvoter
Mar 2016
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SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)1. Sam Wang relies on reality.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. Yep . . . and K & R this
livetohike
(22,140 posts)3. K&R
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)4. Primaries end March 15 for DailyKos.
Other major liberal Democratic websites are taking note - aren't they?
spooky3
(34,444 posts)5. And by March 15, primaries will include large purple states
With a demographic mix that is typical of the country as a whole--not heavily non-Latino white, heavily AA, nor heavily Latino. If she wins these as expected, no one can reasonably dismiss what these votes mean.
spooky3
(34,444 posts)6. He has been spot on in the past.
Thanks for the post.
dlwickham
(3,316 posts)7. Oligarch!!!!!!!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)8. +1 sometimes the light is dazzeling.
Bummer! I like him, too.