2016 Postmortem

TexasMommaWithAHat

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28. It's a sad day when Republicans have a fairer system of choosing their candidate

Reply to Dragonfli (Reply #26)

Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:47 AM

Mar 2016

than Democrats.

Just sad.

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Where the Delegate Math Now Stands [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2016 OP

Excellent news! NurseJackie Mar 2016 #1

+1 NCTraveler Mar 2016 #2

k and r! cwydro Mar 2016 #3

As one of the BS crowd posted rock Mar 2016 #4

There are only a few states left where we know she's going to pull ahead - hell, maybe MillennialDem Mar 2016 #10

No, anything can not happen (from a practical point of view) rock Mar 2016 #34

She is not halfway there. She's at 762/2026 = 37.6% of the way there. He's at 544/2026 = 26.9% of MillennialDem Mar 2016 #38

Yeah let's NOT count super-delegates rock Mar 2016 #45

South Carolina voted 2 weeks ago CorkySt.Clair Mar 2016 #35

My bad, NORTH carolina. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #37

This is actually evidence that it is impossible tgards79 Mar 2016 #39

54% MillennialDem Mar 2016 #40

She netted an additional 20 on the night. 6 contests since ST, morningfog Mar 2016 #5

17 not 20 MillennialDem Mar 2016 #11

Green Papers has it at 20. morningfog Mar 2016 #13

Saw somewhere else where Bernie had 5 in Mississippi and 71 in MI. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #15

Super delegates always vote proportionate with the earned rather than purchased or threatened by the Dragonfli Mar 2016 #6

Aren't the superdelegates just a check on the frontrunner having a meltdown / scandal? MillennialDem Mar 2016 #12

In a way you are sort of correct, they are there as a check to keep a complete lunatic out Dragonfli Mar 2016 #17

I was only 7-8 at the time, but would the superdelegates have changed course on say, Gary Hart had MillennialDem Mar 2016 #18

That is a good question, but since it never came to that, one we will never know the answer to Dragonfli Mar 2016 #21

nope. 760 to 546 pledged. supers will,support the winner restorefreedom Mar 2016 #7

Bernie needs to win just under 54% of the remaining delegates. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #23

thanks for the hard number. very doable! nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #24

Even better hard numbers: he needs to win 1482 out of the remaining 2745 MillennialDem Mar 2016 #25

wow, lots of ground left to cover! nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #27

Not really.. tgards79 Mar 2016 #42

The math is actually just under 54% as of right now. We'll address what is after March 15th. MillennialDem Mar 2016 #44

They have to like Bernie 60/40 tgards79 Mar 2016 #41

actually its closer to low 50s restorefreedom Mar 2016 #43

K&R DesertRat Mar 2016 #8

So Uponthegears Mar 2016 #9

too bad for her she's nearly fresh out of southern states! Cobalt Violet Mar 2016 #14

Losing the popular vote but winning the delegates is not democratic. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #16

The rot does not go much beyond the fan boys/girls and those financially invested to a large degree. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #19

Here is the popular vote after yesterday: MineralMan Mar 2016 #20

Elections are not won by popular vote, perhaps same day it will be and maybe even should be. Dragonfli Mar 2016 #26

It's a sad day when Republicans have a fairer system of choosing their candidate TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2016 #28

I'm not advocating anything. MineralMan Mar 2016 #29

I apologize, I misunderstood you, rereading the post you responded to it makes sense now. /nt Dragonfli Mar 2016 #30

No apology needed. I'm always happy to clarify my posts MineralMan Mar 2016 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author jcgoldie Mar 2016 #32

Quite impressive Uponthegears Mar 2016 #33

The thing is that a number of states are pretty much a sure MineralMan Mar 2016 #36

K&R great white snark Mar 2016 #22