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Bernie Sanders

hedda_foil

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23. Unfortunately, the machine works the opposite way.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:17 AM

Mar 2016

They hold out some big precincts until they know how big a lead the other candidate has. If it's within any kind of reason at all, they can pad the held out districts then. For instance, if Hillary and Bernie are 5,000 votes apart with Bernie ahead, the machine can take the district ts they held out and pad each of them enough to flip the total to Hillary. Chicago used to do that for the whole state. Who knows, maybe they still do.

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Illinois is getting tight 32% reporting [View all] Pharaoh Mar 2016 OP

i'm having a hard time reading the map mooseprime Mar 2016 #1

Neither Chicago or Springfield. I would think if the Machine was working that the results would be LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #3

If he wins Chicago, Clinton is toast...and most of the rest of the state has gone to Bernie. in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #7

Here is the county map.. I wonder if Springfield and Chicago had to extend the voting. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #9

I heard Bernie's campaign was trying to find a judge to keep Springfield polls open 2 exta hours in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #10

I think he will pull if off in MO also LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #11

Unfortunately, the machine works the opposite way. hedda_foil Mar 2016 #23

No big cities reporting yet. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #2

My daughter just voted @ 8:30 pm -far western Chicago suburb riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #4

Only 3 of 869 precincts in DuPage County reporting Paulie Mar 2016 #5

DuPage - 95 of 869 Precincts Reported Paulie Mar 2016 #6

Whoa! That's close! in_cog_ni_to Mar 2016 #8

DuPage 267 of 869 precincts - Bernie is ahead Paulie Mar 2016 #12

DuPage - 406 of 869 - Bernie still up - 2% Paulie Mar 2016 #13

DuPage - 470/869 reporting - Bernie up 2.5% Paulie Mar 2016 #14

DuPage - 626/869 reporting - Bernie up 3.5% Paulie Mar 2016 #15

what?!?! dana_b Mar 2016 #16

DuPage hugs Chicago's west. Paulie Mar 2016 #17

Woot! Thanks Paulie! Pharaoh Mar 2016 #18

DuPage - 84.9% reporting - Bernie up 4.5% Paulie Mar 2016 #19

DuPage - 94% in - Bernie still 4.3% up Paulie Mar 2016 #20

Yay!! That's me! hedda_foil Mar 2016 #21

Agreed! Paulie Mar 2016 #22

DuPage county - 97.9 reporting - Bernie up almost 5% Paulie Mar 2016 #24