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In reply to the discussion: Hillary wins Washington State Primary [View all]billhicks76
(5,082 posts)68. It's About A Cause Not A Candidate
If it makes you happier seeing me unsatisfied with the state of our governing then shout it out and jump for joy. I haven't been content with our government since I was blind, deaf and dumb as a child who believed what I was told. When I grew up and woke up its ok because it's what keeps some of us fighting for change, for equality and against war.
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It's not meaningless. It shows the results of a much more representative and inclusive
pnwmom
May 2016
#10
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won
wallyworld2
May 2016
#32
its a meaningless primary, no delegates allocated, Sanders CRUSHED her in the real one earlier
AntiBank
May 2016
#4
funny how NY and other Clinton machine dominated places worked overtime to block people from voting
AntiBank
May 2016
#13
yes, they are neighbourhood meetings, with speeches in favour of candidates, and votes are taken
AntiBank
May 2016
#33
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
26,314 delegates, not voters in the caucuses. Over 230,000 people participated in the caucuses.
uppityperson
May 2016
#60
Well, that kind of messes up all those CA projections based on the WA caucuses.
TwilightZone
May 2016
#22
It might just be due to the fundamental difference between caucuses and primaries.
TwilightZone
May 2016
#25
bullshit>>>Clinton is the only remaining candidate whose supporters don't have a history of violence
AntiBank
May 2016
#38
"were (sic) a blue State not a Sanders state." LOLOLOL Sanders is blue as hell if blue means
AntiBank
May 2016
#44
Seeing as many are trumpeting on about regular primaries (vis-a-vis caucus states)
AntiBank
May 2016
#41
I know many people who didn't vote in this primary since it means nothing.
uppityperson
May 2016
#59
The superdelegates from WA state-(& Neb) can now point to the Popular vote win by Hillary. The
riversedge
May 2016
#74
So you were expecting us to vote in the primary for one when we've already busted our caucus off?
JackInGreen
May 2016
#75
If she won, then the election was either meaningless or rigged against Sanders.
LanternWaste
May 2016
#78
Because no delegates are awarded due to this vote. It was a meaningless vote as far as
uppityperson
May 2016
#84