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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,383 posts) Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:38 PM Jun 2016

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Voting in the Virgin Islands Caucus...

@HillaryClinton Just voted in the USVI caucus. Ballots colored Green=Hillary,Blue=Bernie. The see-thru collection box was 95% Green.

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Voting in the Virgin Islands Caucus... (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2016 OP

Looks like she cheated again WhiteTara Jun 2016 #1

Did you really just vote at 6:38, Eastern, 7:38 Atlantic time? LAS14 Jun 2016 #2

You probably don't understand that the poster is "quoting" a tweet from someone MADem Jun 2016 #14

Geebus, now I am even more on pins and needles. lol. BootinUp Jun 2016 #3

How dare she get more votes! hrmjustin Jun 2016 #4

It's rigged! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #10

Those green ballots have a known Clinton bias! DesertRat Jun 2016 #18

Thanks for the update Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #5

Brooklynite is NOT the voter. He is quoting a voter from twitter. nt MADem Jun 2016 #15

By name recognition Equinox Moon Jun 2016 #6

67 delegates and counting! yallerdawg Jun 2016 #7

Clinton 4, Sanders 0 out of 12. Oh, sorry.... LAS14 Jun 2016 #8

We count superdelegates! yallerdawg Jun 2016 #12

Well, exciting. Nt seabeyond Jun 2016 #9

Benchmark Politics: Looks like when I said VI would report "soon" it is "Guam soon" BootinUp Jun 2016 #11

Did your tweeter get a good dig into the see-thru collection box? JackRiddler Jun 2016 #13

It's a caucus 72DejaVu Jun 2016 #16

This was a caucus, not a Primary... brooklynite Jun 2016 #17

WhiteTara

(29,693 posts)

1. Looks like she cheated again

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:39 PM

Jun 2016

by winning!

LAS14

(13,769 posts)

2. Did you really just vote at 6:38, Eastern, 7:38 Atlantic time?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:39 PM

Jun 2016

When do the caucuses finish?

MADem

(135,425 posts)

14. You probably don't understand that the poster is "quoting" a tweet from someone

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:58 PM

Jun 2016

who is actually NAMED in the quote?

smh!

BootinUp

(47,094 posts)

3. Geebus, now I am even more on pins and needles. lol.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:40 PM

Jun 2016

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. How dare she get more votes!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:40 PM

Jun 2016

sheshe2

(83,668 posts)

10. It's rigged!

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:47 PM

Jun 2016

She got the green ballots and there are MORE of them!

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

18. Those green ballots have a known Clinton bias!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:43 PM

Jun 2016

Demsrule86

(68,497 posts)

5. Thanks for the update

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:41 PM

Jun 2016

We thought the polls closed at 6:00. When do they close?

MADem

(135,425 posts)

15. Brooklynite is NOT the voter. He is quoting a voter from twitter. nt

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:59 PM

Jun 2016

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)

6. By name recognition

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:42 PM

Jun 2016

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

7. 67 delegates and counting!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:45 PM

Jun 2016

https://interactives.ap.org/2016/delegate-tracker/

LAS14

(13,769 posts)

8. Clinton 4, Sanders 0 out of 12. Oh, sorry....

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:46 PM

Jun 2016

.... that's super delegates.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

12. We count superdelegates!

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:52 PM

Jun 2016

We are the reality-based wing of the Democratic Party!

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

9. Well, exciting. Nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:46 PM

Jun 2016

BootinUp

(47,094 posts)

11. Benchmark Politics: Looks like when I said VI would report "soon" it is "Guam soon"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:51 PM

Jun 2016

https://twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/739227080945061889

Benchmark Politics
?@benchmarkpol

Looks like when I said VI would report "soon" it is "Guam soon"

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So what does that mean?

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)

13. Did your tweeter get a good dig into the see-thru collection box?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 06:56 PM

Jun 2016

I mean, for accuracy's sake.

Sounds like a totally legit way to do a secret, clean ballot. I think they did it that way in El Salvador in the early 80s? In this case minus the M16s, presumably?

72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)

16. It's a caucus

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:39 PM

Jun 2016

No secret ballots.

brooklynite

(94,383 posts)

17. This was a caucus, not a Primary...

Reply to JackRiddler (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:40 PM

Jun 2016

...sort of like standing in a room in Iowa.

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