2016 Postmortem
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Bernie has to win the remaining states by an average of 58%. He lost by 12-16 delegates last night but we have picked up more than 20 this week with State caucuses. The race is essentially unchanged and NY was her last stronghold. We can still do this.
Face it...whoever has the most pledged delegates at the end will get the nod. Super delegates aren't going to factor in except to make sure the winner has enough delegates.
If we give up now, when there are still 1300 delegates to be awarded, then we deserve what we get. 300 delegates to get next week....let's get to work.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)Next week she'll add to her lead even more, but that won't change things much either, because she's already won.
Really, it's been over since mid-March.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)You might say I personally have a dog in this fight. Last year I underwent a routine stress test that cost me $1,333. That's for a standard 20-minute stress test! And I'm suppose to have one every other year.
I've manged to get my balance down to $1,000 even, but I've fallen behind in payments and am looking at 10 payments of $100 to pay off the rest. And then it's time for another stress test!
I like Bernie's plan of single payer; it would help me a great deal. Hillary's plan is something she calls "managed competition," whatever the hell that means. I don't see how her idea will help me, so I'm going with Bernie all the way!
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Quit pushing that lie.
And she's polling well ahead in the next several states. It's over.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Bernie is very much still in this!
IamMab
(1,359 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)I believe you have the wrong numbers.
lmbradford
(517 posts)I'm confident. His percentages needed went up 1. Woop to doo. No more Clinton states left now. We will see
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)He was 206 pledged delegates behind before the NY primary and now he is 237 pledged delegates behind with less delegates up for grab.
brooklynite
(94,535 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)That had me like...
tritsofme
(17,377 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)As numerous people have pointed out, Clinton picked up almost twice as many delegates as you claim in your OP. What sort of person tries to motivate others on their own team by feeding them false information? I'm not arguing that you should give up, I am fine with Bernie going all the way to the convention and giving the speech of his life in hopes of getting a bunch of superdelegates to switch or whatever long-shot strategy he has in mind.
But telling your fellow supporters that the campaign is doing better than it actually is - that's a betrayal of the very people you are supposed to be working with. You have a responsibility to share accurate information but you are choosing to mislead them and give them false hope. Why?
Tarc
(10,476 posts)Sanders didn't pick up anything tangible in these Nevada, Missouri , etc...shenanigan attempts.
As far as NY goes, she won by 31.
lmbradford
(517 posts)Bernie won 58 out of 70 counties in NY. There will be more delegates allocated as the numbers are finalized. You guys should be happy with her 1 win out of last 10. Go party in someone else's thread. I believe Bernie will get more pledged delegates than Hillary and no matter what you say, the Berners are gonna Bern!
There are more than 1300 left and we are just getting started.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)And one can tread water for a while, but if the lifeboat doesn't arrive, you still drown.