2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton’s victory (in Washington Primary)nevertheless puts Sanders in an awkward position.
Sanders will have to drop WA from his list of states when he argue with the SD's --to follow the 'will of the people" The people voted last night and chose Hillary (I know no delegates were awarded).
"more than 660,000 Democratic votes had been tallied in the primary as of Tuesday, according to The Seattle Times. That lopsided reality makes it more difficult for Sanders to argue that his candidacy represents the will of the people.."
An Awkward Reality in the Democratic Primary
Washington voters handed Hillary Clinton a primary win, symbolically reversing the result of the state caucus where Bernie Sanders prevailed.
May 25, 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/washington-primary-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton/484313/
Mike Blake / Reuters
Washington voters delivered a bit of bad news for Bernie Sanderss political revolution on Tuesday. Hillary Clinton won the states Democratic primary, symbolically reversing the outcome of the states Democratic caucus in March where Sanders prevailed as the victor. The primary result wont count for much since delegates have already been awarded based on the caucus. (Sanders won 74 delegates, while Clinton won only 27.) But Clintons victory nevertheless puts Sanders in an awkward position.
Sanders has styled himself as a populist candidate intent on giving a voice to voters in a political system in which, as he describes it, party elites and wealthy special-interest groups exert too much control. As the primary election nears its end, Sanders has railed against Democratic leaders for unfairly intervening in the process, a claim he made in the aftermath of the contentious Nevada Democratic convention earlier this month. He has also criticized superdelegateselected officials and party leaders who can support whichever candidate they chosefor effectively coronating Clinton.
As Sanders makes those arguments, he runs up against a few inconvenient realities. He trails Clinton in the popular-vote count and has performed well in caucuses, which consistently witness depressed voter turnout relative to primary elections. What happened in Washington is a painful reminder of this for the campaign: Far more voters took part in Washingtons Democratic primary than its state caucus, preliminary counts indicate. Roughly 230,000 people participated in the Democratic caucus, The Stranger reported in March. In contrast, more than 660,000 Democratic votes had been tallied in the primary as of Tuesday, according to The Seattle Times. That lopsided reality makes it more difficult for Sanders to argue that his candidacy represents the will of the people..........................
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)All these people who are suddenly experts about my state. Invariably the same people who damned my state as all-white, regressive hipsters who hate women. Funny, that
riversedge
(70,214 posts)all the rest. Made it up most likely
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)riversedge
(70,214 posts)Corporate666
(587 posts)You're talking about Nevada, right?
That statement applies *perfectly* to what happened in Nevada.
HRC won the main event, and the BSers yelled incessantly about the sideshow.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)Washington voted by a strong majority in 1989 to replace the caucuses with a primary that lets as many people as possible participate.
Which you should remember if you were a resident then.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)but are quiet about Caucasus and that is what really needs attention more than anything else.
riversedge
(70,214 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)fancypants75
(54 posts)There's something fishy about the WA primary results https://www.reddit.com/r/CAVDEF/comments/4l2z1y/theres_something_fishy_about_the_wa_primary/
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)which the party leaders went to court to retain, as a way to maintain their control over nominee selection.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Must see, if you can find it.