Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:06 AM

Treant (1,968 posts)

American Samoa Up First! (Hillary Clinton Group)

American Samoa's caucus will be held at 2 PM Eastern time and will award 6 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

The caucus is quite small (AS only has about 55,000 residents), low key, held at a single hotel, and should report in fairly quickly. Expect results by 4 to 5 PM.

Hillary Clinton won the AS caucus in 2008, 57 to 43. There were 285 caucus-goers in 2008 (this is not a misprint).

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
American Samoa Up First! (Hillary Clinton Group) (Original post)	Treant	Mar 2016	OP
For those that are interested,	TexasTowelie	Mar 2016	#1
That is a very important issue.	KitSileya	Mar 2016	#2
Thanks!	Treant	Mar 2016	#3
Thank you, TexasT!	Cha	Mar 2016	#8
They will go for Sanders...because of Tulsi. nt	Jitter65	Mar 2016	#4
American Samoa	Treant	Mar 2016	#6
Isn't Tulsi from Hawaii?	Tarheel_Dem	Mar 2016	#7
Yes.. she's my Rep. and she got a eyeful when she sent	Cha	Mar 2016	#9
I wasn't even aware of her until recently. She & BS seem cut from the same cloth, so her endorsement	Tarheel_Dem	Mar 2016	#10
K&R. nt	UtahLib	Mar 2016	#5

Response to Treant (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:11 AM

TexasTowelie (105,857 posts)

1. For those that are interested,

results will be at http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/american-samoa-results-election-2016/story?id=37193418 .

Among the superdelegates, Clinton has 4 pledged to her while 1 delegate is pledged to Sanders. The expected split for the pledged delegates is predicted to be tied at 3 each.

A more important election is also occurring as Samoans make a quest for citizenship. Samoans are the only people in a U.S. territory that are not granted birthright citizenship. More discussion on the caucus and the citizenship issue at: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/4524/super-tuesday-american-samoa-bigger .

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:20 AM

KitSileya (4,035 posts)

2. That is a very important issue.

A big proportion of American Samoans serve in the US armed forces, and have given their lives for a country that doesn't really consider them citizens. It is a disgrace. All the unincorporated territories and the District of Columbia should together be given electors in the Electoral College in proportion to their combined population.

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:25 AM

Treant (1,968 posts)

3. Thanks!

I hadn't known that.

It turns out that AS is a lot more interesting than I had thought...

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 06:35 AM

Cha (289,579 posts)

8. Thank you, TexasT!

A more important election is also occurring as Samoans make a quest for citizenship. Samoans are the only people in a U.S. territory that are not granted birthright citizenship. More discussion on the caucus and the citizenship issue at: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/4524/super-tuesday-american-samoa-bigger .

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Response to Treant (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:54 AM

Jitter65 (3,089 posts)

4. They will go for Sanders...because of Tulsi. nt

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Response to Jitter65 (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:35 PM

Treant (1,968 posts)

6. American Samoa

just went Clinton in a 42+ point landslide, granting her 4 of 6 delegates.

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Response to Jitter65 (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:38 PM

Tarheel_Dem (31,144 posts)

7. Isn't Tulsi from Hawaii?

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Response to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 06:38 AM

Cha (289,579 posts)

9. Yes.. she's my Rep. and she got a eyeful when she sent

me that "why I support sanders" BS the other day.

It had been building up because she was always sending missives dissing the President .. so it all came down on her then.

Let's put it this way.. I better not be hearing from her ever again. she's gone.

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Response to Cha (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:17 PM

Tarheel_Dem (31,144 posts)

10. I wasn't even aware of her until recently. She & BS seem cut from the same cloth, so her endorsement

comes as no surprise.

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Response to Treant (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 11:57 AM

UtahLib (3,178 posts)

5. K&R. nt

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