USA Presidential Election 2016 Hype Train

[blynk]

DP

[CCS]

I think you need to look at that again.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by blynk

I cant do images. Half way done the page is a list of all the states and what has happened, and what they expect to happen.

Wisconsin - The are expecting a 48 to 38 win for Sanders
Wyoming 9 to 5 win to Sanders
New York 125 to 122 win to Sanders

I'd be surprised if he won New York instead of Hillary - she was a Senator for there for a number of years.

[Ab]

Sanders was born and raised in Brooklyn - he's more New York than she is.

[CCS]

Nonetheless, fivethirtyeight is forecasting a huge win for Clinton. But that's not for a few weeks so we'll see what happens in the meantime.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by Ab

Sanders was born and raised in Brooklyn - he's more New York than she is.

That's true, but unlike Hillary - who I acknowledge is from Chicago - he hasn't been politically active in New York (only Vermont, as far I can tell).

[The Edge]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/america...h-in-wisconsin

Why would he choose Sarah Palin (of all people) to endorse him?

Wisconsin primary today!

[Ab]

WI Dem primary called for Bernie:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/us...id=tw-bna&_r=0

[The Edge]

Looks like Cruz has won WI too. Good job.

[Caesar]

I see that Bernie just won Wyoming.
That's 8 wins of the last 9 apparently.

[Ab]

I still stand by my "fairytale" comment of earlier, and reaffirm that anyone who thinks Clinton isn't going to be the Dem candidate is dreaming.

[The Edge]

He's still a long way behind Hillary though. The gap between those two is larger than the gap between Drumpf and Cruz.
Edit: Ab beat me to it.

[Caesar]

Yeah, I'm fully aware that he has a very slim chance of getting in.
But we can dream...

[blynk]

Originally Posted by Caesar

Yeah, I'm fully aware that he has a very slim chance of getting in.
But we can dream...

I agree. And it will be nice for him to push Clinton right the end.

And yes it's probably a bigger gap, but it is only a 2 horse race, where the republicans have every man and his dog.

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by Caesar

But we can dream...

Indeed, one can dream.

[The Edge]

I'll be interested to see what happens if it comes to a Republican Convention, in the event Drumpf doesn't get enough delegates on his own - wait and see what happens in the next few primaries I guess!

[Ab]

Trump really hurt himself with his abortion comments last week. That sort of rightwing sexist Christian nuttery might solidify his support among the rabid Republican base but it fucks him with women in general, which is, you know, a bigger group.

Or, as Nate Silver put it,

"It's a lot harder to win 51% of 100% then 35% of 35%."

[Cyberbob]

Originally Posted by Ab

I still stand by my "fairytale" comment of earlier, and reaffirm that anyone who thinks Clinton isn't going to be the Dem candidate is dreaming.

This.

Wyoming caucuses: 56%-44%, Sanders wins.
Pledged delegate count: 7-7 even.
Superdelegates included: 14-7, Clinton wins.

Grats Hillary.

Trump is even using it as a talking point.

"I watch Bernie. He wins, he wins, he keeps winning, winning and winning and then I see he's got no chance. They always say he's got no chance. Why doesn't he have a chance?"

"Because the system is corrupt. And it's worse on the Republican side."

"I'm not a fan of Bernie, I couldn't care less as far as I'm concerned. I couldn't care less about Bernie, but he wins and he wins, like me."

"Today winning votes doesn't mean anything."

"It's not right folks ... whether it's me or Bernie Sanders. When I look at it and I see all these victories that I have, all these victories that he's got. And then you look at the establishment and I want to tell you it's a corrupt deal going on in this country and it's not good and it's not fair."

[blynk]

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

This.

Wyoming caucuses: 56%-44%, Sanders wins.
Pledged delegate count: 7-7 even.
Superdelegates included: 14-7, Clinton wins.

Grats Hillary.

Trump is even using it as a talking point.

But those 7 super delegates were already counted in Hillary's total, and are the ones that still don't have to choose what they want to do.

[CCS]

...and?

[The Edge]

God Drumpf is starting to sound really whiney now.

[StN]

Originally Posted by Stolen from Reddit

Scientists recently did a study on the effects the right side and left side of a brain had on counting. They first took out the left half of a man's brain and asked him to count to 10.
He says, "2, 4, 6, 8, 10".
They put the left half back in and removed the right half, asking him to count to 10 again.
He says "1, 3, 5, 7, 9".
Finally they decided to just go for it and removed the whole brain. They again asked him to count to 10 one more time.
He says, "Look. I'm great at counting to 10, ok? I love numbers and I have the best numbers. No one has better numbers than I do. My 4th grade math teacher - and let me tell you, she was the best and smartest math teacher in the country at the time - my 4th grade math teacher said to me that I am the best counter she's ever seen. The best. So if you want me to count to 10, let me tell you I can count to 10 alright. That's no problem. I will do it. I will. And I will do it better than any has ever done it before, ok?"

[The Edge]

The endless bs he spouts is making its way into the playground now.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11622215

[Caesar]

Ah well, Burnie is pretty much out of the race now with losing in NY. He would have had a slim chance if he had won but not now unfortunately.

[The Edge]

I find it funny that Trump only complains when he doesn't win all the delegates in a state - yet he was fairly happy with his result in Florida (which he won)...no complaints then eh?

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by The Edge

The endless bs he spouts is making its way into the playground now.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11622215

[Cyberbob]

Billionaire businessman Charles Koch said Sunday that “it’s possible” another Clinton in the White House could be better than having a Republican president.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...#ixzz46msb4saL

[The Edge]

And Trump takes all 5 states in today's primaries. Sigh.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...keaways-222507

On the Democratic side, I suspect Bernie's just about dead in the water though.

[Ab]

he's always been dead in the water. he's never had a chance, look at the numbers.

[Nothing]

I reckon he could've had a chance. He needed to start campaigning like a year and a half earlier though. It's taken half the primary process for a hell of a lot of the voters to even find out who he is. Clinton has a huge name recognition advantage. You don't want to go into the election against that unprepared for it.

[crocos]

Originally Posted by Nothing

I reckon he could've had a chance. He needed to start campaigning like a year and a half earlier though. It's taken half the primary process for a hell of a lot of the voters to even find out who he is. Clinton has a huge name recognition advantage. You don't want to go into the election against that unprepared for it.

No. He needed to start campaigning to the superdelegates. Take the SDs out and Sanders has WON the primaries.

[spigalau]

He could always piss Hilary off and run as an 'independent'

[CCS]

Yeah he could do that. If he's dumb enough to hand the Presidency to Trump.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by crocos

No. He needed to start campaigning to the superdelegates. Take the SDs out and Sanders has WON the primaries.

Nein, without superdelegates Clinton still leads 1,661 to 1,374.

[Ab]

Meanwhile, CARLY FIORINA DREAMING

[crocos]

Originally Posted by Ab

Nein, without superdelegates Clinton still leads 1,661 to 1,374.

Oh true. Things changed from when I last looked.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by Ab

Meanwhile, CARLY FIORINA DREAMING

As much as I can't stand Donald Trump, I've got no great love for Ted Cruz either - but do you reckon this would make a difference to his campaign? I have a feeling it may be too little too late.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by crocos

Oh true. Things changed from when I last looked.

This (IMO) is a useful graph to follow the happenings.
http://www.politico.com/2016-electio...-count-tracker

[pxpx]

Originally Posted by The Edge

As much as I can't stand Donald Trump, I've got no great love for Ted Cruz either - but do you reckon this would make a difference to his campaign? I have a feeling it may be too little too late.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...worse-20151204

[blynk]

Originally Posted by Ab

Nein, without superdelegates Clinton still leads 1,661 to 1,374.

Although, if earlier reporting showed a closer race, then he may have got even more momentum