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Kaleva

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8. Bernie is worse off then before the primaries started
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 01:48 PM
Mar 2016

Right before Iowa, Bernie had to get just over 50% of the delegates in order to win the nomination. Now he has to get about 55% of the remaining delegates. The math just keeps getting harder and harder for Bernie.

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It's also worth remembering that in 2008 HRC won only 32% of the vote in IL book_worm Mar 2016 #1
Yes, except DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #3
Winning Florida is very important symbolically. Metric System Mar 2016 #2
Winning States MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #4
I'm still hoping for... MarianJack Mar 2016 #5
Let's GOTV in Ohio and Illinois! nt Chichiri Mar 2016 #6
With every Tuesday HRC extends her lead. Blue Idaho Mar 2016 #7
Bernie is worse off then before the primaries started Kaleva Mar 2016 #8
Why does math Blue Idaho Mar 2016 #9
I did some quick math MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #11
You really have to wonder what Bernie's calculus is jmowreader Mar 2016 #12
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