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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Many Hillary "Endorsers" Are Part Of The Problem? [View all]Gothmog
(145,129 posts)12. From Nate Silver's site-The Endorsement Primary
Sanders is doing very very poorly in the endorsement contest http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/
In presidential primaries, endorsements have been among the best predictors of which candidates will succeed and which will fail. So were keeping track.
Before any votes are cast, presidential candidates compete for the support of influential members of their party, especially elected officials like U.S. representatives, senators and governors. During the period known as the invisible primary, these party elites seek to coalesce around the candidates they find most acceptable as their partys nominee. Over the past few decades, when these elites have reached a consensus on the best candidate, rank-and-file voters have usually followed.
Of course, not all endorsements are equally valuable. We use a simple weighting system: 10 points for governors, 5 points for U.S. senators and 1 point for U.S. representatives (there are roughly five times as many representatives as senators and 10 times as many representatives as governors).
Hillary Clinton 455
Bernie Sanders 2
Martin O'Malley 1
Before any votes are cast, presidential candidates compete for the support of influential members of their party, especially elected officials like U.S. representatives, senators and governors. During the period known as the invisible primary, these party elites seek to coalesce around the candidates they find most acceptable as their partys nominee. Over the past few decades, when these elites have reached a consensus on the best candidate, rank-and-file voters have usually followed.
Of course, not all endorsements are equally valuable. We use a simple weighting system: 10 points for governors, 5 points for U.S. senators and 1 point for U.S. representatives (there are roughly five times as many representatives as senators and 10 times as many representatives as governors).
It seems that there are some hurt feelings about the lack of endorsements for Sanders
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Eric Holder didn't send a single banker to jail for the mortgage crisis. Is that justice?
Yallow
Jan 2016
#8
Yes, he did ... despite the erroneous article ... Please see the above. eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Jan 2016
#9
You realize googling financial prosecutions doesn't actually prove your point, right?
jeff47
Jan 2016
#14
And ...? The War on Drugs goes will beyond being able to smoke weed. Well ...
1StrongBlackMan
Jan 2016
#31