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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
7. The Times is not explaining it at all. I've seen the same number corrected before
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 02:20 PM
Mar 2016

Those are state delegate votes.

For example, over 200,000 showed up for the Washington caucus.

Noting the “huge” voter turnout — in Washington, party officials estimated more than 200,000 people participated on Saturday, close to the record set in 2008 — he told the crowd, “We are making significant inroads into Secretary Clinton’s lead.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/election-results.html



Alaska:

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/sanders-wins-alaska-heavy-turnout-in-fairbanks-for-democratic-caucuses/article_ca7ea2de-f3cd-11e5-8922-bbf1ad1cad88.html

By the end, 1,673 voters participated in the Democratic caucusing for Alaska House Districts 1 through 6, with most of them at the Carlson Center location.


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