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Gothmog

(145,129 posts)
12. From Nate Silver's site-The Endorsement Primary
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:20 AM
Jan 2016

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 we’re keeping track.

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 party’s 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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Thank you! oasis Jan 2016 #7
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
I know of a few mortgage guys metroins Jan 2016 #16
I do, too ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #22
Copied and pasted from DU's Stock Market Watch. Fuddnik Jan 2016 #20
Yes I did. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #23
That is called Gish Gallop, a formal Logical Fallacy. bvar22 Jan 2016 #40
All of those clowns were low level, in other words low hanging fruit. JRLeft Jan 2016 #21
Corporations are structured that way ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #25
Good list Gothmog Jan 2016 #13
Thank you for the list burrowowl Jan 2016 #19
Would love to see you say that to John Lewis' face. emulatorloo Jan 2016 #2
I wish I could rec this a thousand times mcar Jan 2016 #3
Thank You rbrnmw Jan 2016 #10
Before or after he changes his mind again? jeff47 Jan 2016 #15
I know the history. You trying to claim he is "corrupt" based on that? emulatorloo Jan 2016 #35
Nope. But good job trying to turn it into an attack. jeff47 Jan 2016 #39
You are way off base. emulatorloo Jan 2016 #41
Then stop chucking liberal and progressive Dems under the bus. jeff47 Jan 2016 #43
Stop putting words in my mouth. emulatorloo Jan 2016 #44
You mean like when you decided to add "Corrupt"? (nt) jeff47 Jan 2016 #45
Once again, have a great day. emulatorloo Jan 2016 #46
Jamie Dimon - How Many Felonies? Yallow Jan 2016 #4
What specifically should Jamie Dimon be/have been charged with? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #26
Yesterday's Quid Pro Quo Yallow Jan 2016 #5
The Billionaires Can't Have It All Yallow Jan 2016 #6
+1 n/t Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2016 #18
That's the problem. Her supporters in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #29
And you have "real" Democrats lined yup to run against them, right? brooklynite Jan 2016 #11
From Nate Silver's site-The Endorsement Primary Gothmog Jan 2016 #12
+1 NurseJackie Jan 2016 #24
Clintons Are Fakes billhicks76 Jan 2016 #17
You forgot to mention ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #27
the difference is he now supports decriminalization of mj questionseverything Jan 2016 #30
And ...? The War on Drugs goes will beyond being able to smoke weed. Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #31
what a non sensible reply questionseverything Jan 2016 #32
Okay. Yay, Marijuana!!! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #34
Well DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #37
well questionseverything Jan 2016 #38
Most are. in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #28
Your last paragraph... PyaarRevolution Jan 2016 #33
+100000000 azmom Jan 2016 #42
After this, I guess you'll blame the voters who will make her President. randome Jan 2016 #36
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