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2016 Postmortem

jberryhill

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24. Yeah, shit happens

Reply to retrowire (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 08:42 PM

Feb 2016

There are people who voted for dead candidates KNOWING they were voting for dead candidates.

The idea that people cast their votes on the basis of some sort of rational process is, by and large, utter fiction.

But, no, O'Malley will be on a lot of ballots going forward. It's not some sneaky scheme to siphon votes. It's just procedural inertia.

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CNN is about to announce some early results. [View all] EdwardBernays Feb 2016 OP

Here's a decent site carrying those results: Purveyor Feb 2016 #1

Uhh... retrowire Feb 2016 #3

There are like 30 people on the dem ballot Paulie Feb 2016 #4

Because the ballot is likely fixed in stone weeks before the election jberryhill Feb 2016 #5

And people are still voting for him. nt retrowire Feb 2016 #6

Yeah, so? jberryhill Feb 2016 #8

same thing happened in 2000...more or less...n/t islandmkl Feb 2016 #12

My dad always said he was going to vote for (the first) Chicago Mayor Daley after Daley died. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2016 #14

LOL!! n/t PonyUp Feb 2016 #16

Wow! retrowire Feb 2016 #17

Yeah, shit happens jberryhill Feb 2016 #24

Most likely the ballots where already approved and printed Purveyor Feb 2016 #7

they have a filing deadline and then print them dsc Feb 2016 #15

53-44 now. DCBob Feb 2016 #2

Bernie ahead: 54-44 w/ 3% in demwing Feb 2016 #9

53-45 now. DCBob Feb 2016 #10

Here's a site with a nice map of precincts (color-coded for candidates) Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #11

The above %'s are holding at 8.6% of vote counted. Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #13

9.3% of vote: Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #20

Thanks for this link... k8conant Feb 2016 #19

Bernie ahead: 53-40 w/ 10% in demwing Feb 2016 #18

Strange. Cite I'm watching has Bernie 59.2%, Hillary 40.0% Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #21

Decisiondeskhq is calling it for Bernie w 14.2 precincts reporting. Peace Patriot Feb 2016 #22

CBS Now shows Bernie ahead 57-41 w/ 15% in demwing Feb 2016 #23