Sanders sweep! All three states by huge margins, Hillary did not take a single county!

[morningfog]

Not a single county in AK, HI or WA went to Hillary.

A true sweep for Bernie!

[quantumjunkie]

1. Very impressive!! Nice to seee Real Democrats still exist in this world!

[Impedimentus]

20. The voters in Alaska, Hawaii and Washing are very smart people

FEEL THE BERN - 2016

[virtualobserver]

2. Yes, and those three states could not be more different from each other......

Why is Bernie able to completely blow out Hillary in three such different states?

Why can't she compete at all in those states?

Maybe a candidate needs something more than fundraisers with the one percent.

[Dragonfli]

5. I think the theory is that if she can buy enough super-delegates, the pledged one's won't matter

Since hundreds have declared already that they will vote for her, even if the States they represent, vote for Bernie Sanders (as Dr Dean has already admitted is the plan), this along with voter suppression and party affiliate switching without the voter's knowledge in closed primaries, will assure she can win the primary without question.

What she fails to consider is that, these tactics plus an already unenthusiastic voting base will depress her vote so much more and harm the party itself so much that the Pyrrhic Primary win will help her lose a General Election, she would likely have lost anyway.

[Betty Karlson]

14. OUCH and unfortunately - probably - true. eom

[amborin]

21. doesn't that result in a repeat of 1968? would voters really let this happen? it would be the

end of the Democratic party

[Dragonfli]

22. I agree, the party, under the leadership of the Clinton type ruthless politicians

Only concerned about large money donations and their personal wealth, ethics and the very law be damned; have already shrunk the part to 30% of the population, after this primary (that I am certain now they WILL steal). It would destroy the party.

Not to mention handing the GE to the Republicans.

[amborin]

25. a while back there were posts re: the lobbyists who are paid supers; that info needs repeating

[senz]

29. They really do just want to force her in.

No consideration whatsoever for the process of democracy, no respect for the American people.

Just want to force it through on technicalities, "irregularities," string pulling, rule bending.

Artificial and grotesque.

[CorporatistNation]

30. DEFINED AS FASCISM!

See This... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511586370

[Cobalt Violet]

3. K & R

[Segami]

4. Actually, in the last 5 caucus states,

Hillary only won one single county by 1 vote.

Lewis County

1 of 1 precinct reporting

Vote:

Hillary - 20 - - - 50.0%

Bernie - 19 - - - 47.5%


By 1 person....

[Art_from_Ark]

8. After Iowa, the Bernie team got wise to possible caucus shenanigans

and made sure to keep a good record of them.

[Segami]

13. It's a rude awakening for a caring soul like Bernie

to be exposed to the grifting ways of the Clinton Road Show. The full extent of team Clinton's voter shenanigans will never make it to sunlight. Another big state loss for Hillary and their whole campaign will begin to shudder.

[Betty Karlson]

15. I hear that lawsuit against the DNC is still going on... eom

[Tarc]

6. Yes, Camp Sanders excels in the "berate-someone-to-vote-for-you" open caucus system

We get that, but we're turning to some real states with real primary systems shortly.

[HERVEPA]

7. hmmmm

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[marions ghost]

10. "Those caucus states don't count"

[morningfog]

11. Poor widdle hill shills in caucuses can't hold their own.

Sour grapes.

[Lorien]

37. It's tough to "hold your own" with your fingers in your ears

when anyone brings up the issues!

[Logical]

17. Another whiny HRC fan who is clueless. thanks for exposing yourself! nt

[Dragonfli]

31. I am sure those that populate those States will be pleased ro learn their's are not (real) States

Have you altered your flag accordingly to remove the appropriate stars?

I suppose that you also feel that Hawaiian natives are not "real" people either, do you by chance attend many Trump rallies?

[senz]

32. We've experienced all the bullying we need from HillsBros right here.

Hill's only hope is continued election "irregularities" and pulling strings.

No wonder polls show universal distrust of that candidate.

[MadBadger]

33. Thats not really how these caucuses have worked. You vote, argue, then vote again

And for the most part, nobody changes their vote.

And I'm a Hillary supporter.

[Lorien]

36. Ah, so that's what you call "Talking about THE ISSUES!" We don't need to rely on election

fraud and theft, as team HRC does.

[killbotfactory]

38. My caucus was very civil, unlike this forum.

Everyone who spoke in favor of either candidate was applauded.

[suffragette]

41. So was mine

While I was waiting for the bus, a neighbor came by walking her dog and we talked about the caucus and bus routes. Let her know easiest way to transfer and get to the caucus. She is a Hillary supporter and I am for Bernie.

There was a huge line and people talked while waiting. I noticed quite a few couples were split in support. Neighbors were campaigning for their candidates with each other, but it done in a neighborly way. And this is in Seattle, so an urban location where we don't know all our neighbors.
Once inside and seated in our precincts, district volunteers reminded us to be respectful of each others views and that we were all there working together to win against the Republicans. People cheered.

My precinct had extra large attendance so we were moved to a hallway. Our precinct leader volunteer was a no-show, so a district leader asked for volunteers and a vote for them. He stressed it would be best to have 2 leaders (one Sanders supporter and one Clinton supporter) and the same for the tally volunteers. We voted on these and they led well and tallied accurately. While they read their packets of info, I went to the front and a woman wearing a Hillary sticker helped me find coffee (I had a Bernie sticker on, volunteers from both had been offering these while we we in line). I got some for me and my neighbor, since we both had been talking about wanting more coffee - hey, Seattle

We only had a few uncommitted.
People were asked if they wanted to speak and some did. They were passionate, well-informed, and made their points clearly. There was also question time allotted, all very fairly and equitable done. People could change at this point if they wanted to. There wasn't much change, only the uncommitted who I think went from 3 uncommitted to 2-1 for Hillary.

We then split into respective groups, with a much larger one for Bernie, and chose delegates and alternates. Again, people volunteered for this and were each given time to speak and we then voted for our choices. Dates they would need to participate in future were noted and the importance of attending the next stage to represent us was stressed (again a good sign of people being informed and realizing the importance of the process).

Then onto platform issues and people could stay to participate or leave. It was a beautiful, sunny day.

[ThePhilosopher04]

43. Yeah, like the ones with no paper trail, that can be stolen with black box voting? Those primaries?

[questionseverything]

44. yea electronic vote counting seems to be her firewall

n/t

[marions ghost]

9. THANK YOU AK< WA < HI

[Waiting For Everyman]

12. Wow! ❤️ That's a resounding, "oh, hell no!" to HRC

from the far-western Dems.

Can I just say,

And THANK YOU!!! Washington, Alaska & Hawaii


That's as clean as a sweep can get. Bernie and you guys knocked a grand slam outta the park! THAT, was elegant! Let's hope Oregon and California do the same (and the states until then).

[Betty Karlson]

16. What does this bode for California, especially when the polls have been shown - YET AGAIN - tilted?

[democrattotheend]

23. Hard to say

California is a primary, not a caucus, so it's a little different. But it is definitely his best chance that day. On the other hand, I read an article recently that was a bit discouraging. It said that Obama had support from a lot of the white liberals Bernie is winning, but also the black vote, and still could not win California. Bernie is obviously winning many white voters who did not vote for Obama, but Obama probably lost fewer white voters due to race in California than in most other states.

[senz]

34. People need to know that Clinton is NOT Obama redux

and they also need to know that neither Obama nor Warren are Clinton fans. They both know how dirty she campaigns -- he experienced it, she witnessed it -- and they both know how rightwing her politics are.

People need to know this and we need to help them know it.

[Betty Karlson]

35. All for that plan. Nothing wrong with a generous serving of truth. eom

[jeff47]

40. CA was on Super Tuesday in 2008.

Obama still had to overcome the "nobody will vote for a black man with a funny name" charge. That did not really fade away until little later in the primary.

Also, the "black vote" in CA is not that large - about 6.5% of the state is African American. Asian Americans are more than double that (14.4%), with Latinos at 38.6%.

You could win all of the "white" (38.5%) and "black" vote and still lose the state.

[amborin]

18. K&R

[Jefferson23]

19. woohoo..a thing of beauty. K&R

[me b zola]

24. Bern is the Word!

[ljm2002]

26. He took every single county in all 3 states yesterday!!!

Woo hoo, now THAT is worth CROWING about!!!!!

BIG K&R!!

[berningman]

27. 35 bucks to Bernie this morning

[senz]

28. The American people are waking up from their MSM delusion

and not a minute too soon.

Lord I hope we can carry this through to the GE and to a return of democracy and livability in our country.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

[AzDar]

39. K & R

[liberal_at_heart]

42. Those of us in those three states knew Bernie would do well, but the fact that Hillary didn't

get one single county surprised even us. That is pretty cool.