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AP calls Massachusetts for SANDERS. (Original Post) Barack_America Mar 2016 OP
Interesting. What a night! morningfog Mar 2016 #1
GTFO!!! AzDar Mar 2016 #2
I wonder why? New Earth Mar 2016 #3
And the numbers still show Hillary leading. Something happened. morningfog Mar 2016 #5
Didn't they call it for HRC? Inquiring saltpoint Mar 2016 #4
I'm confused here. redwitch Mar 2016 #6
They just fixed it. redwitch Mar 2016 #10
They just took it back. Maybe NYT screwed up? Barack_America Mar 2016 #12
Somebody screwed up for only a minute or so. nt redwitch Mar 2016 #17
Now it is a check for Hillary. Too bad. That was fun for a minute. morningfog Mar 2016 #18
I saw that. Vote count doesn't reflect the call. seaglass Mar 2016 #7
Okay, so I'm not hallucinating? Barack_America Mar 2016 #16
Lol, no I saw it before you posted and couldn't figure it out. n/t seaglass Mar 2016 #22
They put the checkmark in wrong place. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #8
It's weird and probably a mistake... JackRiddler Mar 2016 #9
A minute later, gone again... JackRiddler Mar 2016 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #11
Look at the map Mnpaul Mar 2016 #13
Nope, not anymore Bucky Mar 2016 #14
It says they called it for Hillary... Agschmid Mar 2016 #15
Mistake by AP? nt Zorra Mar 2016 #20
The Guardian did the same thing, but it is corrected now. MelissaB Mar 2016 #21
for the hell of it New Earth Mar 2016 #23
Despite giving him the "checkmark" the numbers never showed him ahead. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #25
I've been watching the returns all night on the Boston Globe site alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #29
Hope springs eternal alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #24
Don't be an ass. The site mistakenly had the checkmark wrong for a few minutes. TDale313 Mar 2016 #31
Hmmmmm Bernie carried the majority of the state. Bill being there I am suspicious bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #26
I'm about to say a dirty word... Barack_America Mar 2016 #28
It's possible that his visiting those precincts Merryland Mar 2016 #30
MSNBC says it is Clinton rufus dog Mar 2016 #27
Did Bernie win MA? rabid_nerd Mar 2016 #32
^^^Can anyone answer this? Barack_America Mar 2016 #34
AP is trolling the Bernie fans. They know millions of us are hitting refresh every 5 seconds Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #33

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
12. They just took it back. Maybe NYT screwed up?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:39 AM
Mar 2016

That was insane. The check was by Bernie's name for a moment, then nothing.

 

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
9. It's weird and probably a mistake...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:39 AM
Mar 2016

but now you're going to keep me up. Damn.

(That's what's on Google, apparently from the AP feed. Sanders, 48.3, "won" but Clinton with 50.5. 90% reporting. A glitch, surely? Or not?!)

Response to Barack_America (Original post)

Bucky

(53,987 posts)
14. Nope, not anymore
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:39 AM
Mar 2016

While I was looking at it, they deleted the green "called for" box and little green check. Both before and after the totals were Clinton-51 to Sanders-48.

I think it was an error

New Earth

(9,745 posts)
23. for the hell of it
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:46 AM
Mar 2016

here's a screenshot of when Bernie won Mass....it was an exciting 2 minutes LOL

Still very strange? And then changing it to "Clinton ahead by 2 points" and now to her winning.

Didn't Bernie win the Mass exit Polls? I don't get it.

[link:|

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
25. Despite giving him the "checkmark" the numbers never showed him ahead.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:48 AM
Mar 2016

It was likely a computer glitch as they were calling it.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
29. I've been watching the returns all night on the Boston Globe site
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:51 AM
Mar 2016

Clinton's been ahead, pretty much since they started counting Boston Metro. A couple of big precinct clusters were not being reported (Worcester with 23,000 votes, Amherst, 66-33 to Bernie, Cambridge with 28,000 votes). Once those came in, it was all over. Clinton had a lead fluctuating between 24,000 and 29,000 for the last several hours. You can see some convo on this between me and Cobalt_Violet (an awesome Bernie supporter) in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1389193

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
31. Don't be an ass. The site mistakenly had the checkmark wrong for a few minutes.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:05 AM
Mar 2016

Congrats to HRC on her wins tonight. Well earned.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
28. I'm about to say a dirty word...
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 12:51 AM
Mar 2016

...Provisional ballots. With over 1 million Dems voting, I wonder how many are out there?

rabid_nerd

(2,408 posts)
32. Did Bernie win MA?
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 01:23 AM
Mar 2016

The wrong call by the NYT said "according to AP"

When they fixed it, those words were gone.

My computer decided to do windows updates right NOW..

BUT I someone posted a breakdown by congressional district that showed Bernie 46, Hillary 45.

This is due to a big Bernie win in CD2 meaning +2 delegates

Hillary won in four DISTRICTS for +1 each, Bernie in three districts for +1 each.

All the others even split.

So Bernie ends up +1.

Can anyone confirm?

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