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Egnever

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58. Oddly enough

Wed May 25, 2016, 03:11 AM

May 2016

Way more people participated in the caucuses. 230k vs only 27k in the primary tonight.

Not saying the results of the caucus would not be different if held today just saying way more people actually participated.

Seems counter intuitive that caucuses would get the much bigger turnout but I suspect people in washington knew the primary really didn't mean anything as delegates were not assigned based on it.

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Hillary wins Washington State Primary [View all] Renew Deal May 2016 OP

BUT HE HAS YUUUUGE CROWDS!!#!#!#! Gomez163 May 2016 #1

And its RIGGED Too!!! BootinUp May 2016 #2

...and it meaningless cuz they've already assigned delegates. Ellipsis May 2016 #3

Its means SOMETHING, just not changes to delegates. BootinUp May 2016 #6

but it's rigged... Ellipsis May 2016 #8

yeah... BootinUp May 2016 #11

It's not meaningless. It shows the results of a much more representative and inclusive pnwmom May 2016 #10

It's meaningless. Ellipsis May 2016 #17

consider your vote meaningless MFM008 May 2016 #66

4:30 Ellipsis May 2016 #73

It means he's going to do poorly in Califonia's primary brush May 2016 #55

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won wallyworld2 May 2016 #32

You're Embarrassing Yourself billhicks76 May 2016 #56

You're going to need counseling after 6/7 Gomez163 May 2016 #57

It's About A Cause Not A Candidate billhicks76 May 2016 #68

Your opinion is based on myths about Hillary. Gomez163 May 2016 #80

its a meaningless primary, no delegates allocated, Sanders CRUSHED her in the real one earlier AntiBank May 2016 #4

Bernie killed it Renew Deal May 2016 #5

Damn him! Ellipsis May 2016 #7

funny how NY and other Clinton machine dominated places worked overtime to block people from voting AntiBank May 2016 #13

The problem was in Hillary's strongest county Renew Deal May 2016 #20

Do you understand how caucases work? Beaverhausen May 2016 #28

yes, they are neighbourhood meetings, with speeches in favour of candidates, and votes are taken AntiBank May 2016 #33

You forgot to mention how a huge number of voters... Beaverhausen May 2016 #34

YES! LeFleur1 May 2016 #37

More Bernshit. stopbush May 2016 #29

yes it blows smoke up the b.s. narrative DLCWIdem May 2016 #14

Oddly enough Egnever May 2016 #58

He crushed her in the caucus. If it had been a primary the result would have been quite different, StevieM May 2016 #9

It's only meaningless because it was "rigged" that way. The voters approved a referendum pnwmom May 2016 #16

Actually it shows what happens when voters were not kept from voting. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #18

Just more proof of how undemocratic caucuses are. Beacool May 2016 #21

+1000000 Beaverhausen May 2016 #31

26,299 total votes maq-az May 2016 #35

But aren't we supposed to count one caucus vote as ten popular votes? 6chars May 2016 #53

26,314 delegates, not voters in the caucuses. Over 230,000 people participated in the caucuses. uppityperson May 2016 #60

shoot iamthebandfanman May 2016 #46

Vote totals MFM008 May 2016 #65

In a TOTALLY UNDEMOCRATIC caucus apcalc May 2016 #77

There was no "real" primary there Douseeme May 2016 #81

Yeah! pmorlan1 May 2016 #12

Hillary is a Democrat. Democrats choose their nominee. leftofcool May 2016 #72

In a caucus where voters are kept from voting, Sanders win. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #15

Enormous K & R. Thanks for posting. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #19

Well, that kind of messes up all those CA projections based on the WA caucuses. TwilightZone May 2016 #22

One thing to think about... Renew Deal May 2016 #23

It might just be due to the fundamental difference between caucuses and primaries. TwilightZone May 2016 #25

So much for the larger turnout argument ... LannyDeVaney May 2016 #24

In fairness, there's Wendel Pierce. TwilightZone May 2016 #26

OK, so Clinton has a score of 1 LannyDeVaney May 2016 #27

Lying is how you make your case now? modestybl May 2016 #30

You seem to have inflicted violence against the truth. Gene Debs May 2016 #36

bullshit>>>Clinton is the only remaining candidate whose supporters don't have a history of violence AntiBank May 2016 #38

Booing, Shouting, and Yelling is violence? hopemountain May 2016 #69

We all voted this time MFM008 May 2016 #39

What exactily does that last line mean? Lordquinton May 2016 #43

It means MFM008 May 2016 #63

"were (sic) a blue State not a Sanders state." LOLOLOL Sanders is blue as hell if blue means AntiBank May 2016 #44

Are you from Washington? MFM008 May 2016 #64

Go Hillary!!!! UMTerp01 May 2016 #40

Seeing as many are trumpeting on about regular primaries (vis-a-vis caucus states) AntiBank May 2016 #41

Misleading title, Clinton already lost there, by a lot Lordquinton May 2016 #42

Totally meaningless. SeattleVet May 2016 #45

Could not agree more. I used to live in WA six months ago. Raster May 2016 #49

this.... newthinking May 2016 #50

They make you pay for postage? JohnnyRingo May 2016 #61

Completely agree and did the same. suffragette May 2016 #85

meaningless. nt silvershadow May 2016 #47

Because... Marty McGraw May 2016 #48

Happy HRC won the VOTER crowd underthematrix May 2016 #51

at least for now. olddad56 May 2016 #52

Did I not kick this earlier?! LuvLoogie May 2016 #54

I know many people who didn't vote in this primary since it means nothing. uppityperson May 2016 #59

I didn't bother maxsolomon May 2016 #82

She got NO delegates from this primary left-of-center2012 May 2016 #62

The superdelegates from WA state-(& Neb) can now point to the Popular vote win by Hillary. The riversedge May 2016 #74

"The superdelegates ..." left-of-center2012 May 2016 #86

Last updated on 05/24/2016 9:19 PM (No statement that count WAS complete) Festivito May 2016 #67

K&R. Agin, when turnout is high, Hillary wins! lunamagica May 2016 #70

Well, when the people vote... wisteria May 2016 #71

So you were expecting us to vote in the primary for one when we've already busted our caucus off? JackInGreen May 2016 #75

More Sanders supporters voted for Bernie in the caucus than the primary Renew Deal May 2016 #79

primary voters should bring lawsuit because they are disenfranchised Fresh_Start May 2016 #76

If she won, then the election was either meaningless or rigged against Sanders. LanternWaste May 2016 #78

How can this be? Bernie is so YUUUUUUUGE! in the NW Politicub May 2016 #83

Because no delegates are awarded due to this vote. It was a meaningless vote as far as uppityperson May 2016 #84

Locking Goblinmonger May 2016 #87