He can brag about winning two of three states. He won the caucuses in Kansas and Nebraska, 67-33, and 57-43 respectively. He won in delegates in Kansas 23-10 and in Nebraska 14-10.
Of course this was expected. And just as expected Hillary won Louisiana 71-23 for a delegate win of 41-10-there are 4 outstanding delegates outstanding which will likely go to her.
UPDATE: In Nebraska, 3 more delegates go to Hillary and 1 more went to her in Kansas. So at this point, she's actually up by 18 more delegates for the night.
So how can you say he won the night if he's 18 delegates further off the pace than when the night started?
And with the night done, her odds actually increased 2 points at betting odds-while Bernie's are down a point.
https://electionbettingodds.com/week.html
A Politico piece puts it well:
"Sanders lives to fight another day
"The Vermont senator racks up wins in Kansas and Nebraska, but his path to the nomination has dramatically narrowed."
"Bernie Sanders stayed alive on Saturday, but it will take a dramatic reversal of political fortunes for him to overtake Hillary Clinton."
"Sanders scored wins in the Kansas and Nebraska caucuses, riding support among the state’s largely white electorates to win by a comfortable margin in both states. But Clinton won overwhelmingly in Louisiana, with Sanders again unable to compete in a state with a large bloc of non-white voters."
"The problem with a draw for Sanders, however, is that he started Saturday in a deep hole to Clinton, having secured 432 delegates to her 1,066. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination. On Saturday, 109 delegates were up for grabs, and given Clinton’s projected margin of victory in Louisiana, she and Sanders will take home similar shares of that total."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/democratic-primaries-2016-ledeall-220296#ixzz4261nQBxz
"Actually, at present, he's down 18 delegates on the night. And how did he live to fight another day? His window actually closed so his days are more numbered now than at the start of the day."
"Sanders could score another win when Democrats caucus in Maine on Sunday, but all those little wins won’t be enough for Sanders unless he starts getting results in larger, more diverse states. A big test comes on Tuesday in Michigan, when Democrats hold a primary with 147 delegates at stake."
"Speaking at a rally in Warren, Michigan on Saturday, Sanders pleaded with supporters to help him turn to the tide. "On Tuesday Michigan has an enormously important primary,” he said. “We will win that primary if voter turnout is high. Let's make it high turnout. Thank you."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/democratic-primaries-2016-ledeall-220296#ixzz4262adxMX
Actually, no you won't. Another Michigan poll yesterday shows Bernie miles behind: ARG has him down 24 points.
His latest theory of the race is he can win blacks in the North. There's something lacking in blacks in the South somehow, they don't get what a Saint he is and how he will save the world.
Basically for the night everything went as expected. He won a couple of white state caucuses and she blew him away in a diverse Southern state with a large black voting population.
Yes, this race is becoming very predictable.
Here is a party trick. Tell someone that you can predict the result of a Democratic primary in advance, by asking one question. "Ooh," the people around you will say, and give you money and attention. The question you ask? What percentage of the state is black?
If the state is more than 10 percent black: Easy call. Hillary Clinton wins it. Under 2.5 percent black? You're probably safe saying that Bernie Sanders will triumph. Anything in between, and you can guess -- but this should pretty much have you covered.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/05/the-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-race-is-becoming-very-predictable/
At this point RCP has the delegate totals as 1121 for HRC and 479 for the Bern. Think about that. She's already almost half way to 2382. Sorry Bernie fans, the super delegates count too. And with these numbers they aren't going to switch.
And your attempts to badger them into flipping to Bernie are counterproductive.
But this is how predictable this race has become. The whiter the state, the higher Bernie's numbers, the more black voters, the worse he does.
To be sure, in a number of states she has won the white vote but this tends to be the case more in more diverse states interestingly enough.
Of course this was expected. And just as expected Hillary won Louisiana 71-23 for a delegate win of 41-10-there are 4 outstanding delegates outstanding which will likely go to her.
UPDATE: In Nebraska, 3 more delegates go to Hillary and 1 more went to her in Kansas. So at this point, she's actually up by 18 more delegates for the night.
So how can you say he won the night if he's 18 delegates further off the pace than when the night started?
And with the night done, her odds actually increased 2 points at betting odds-while Bernie's are down a point.
https://electionbettingodds.com/week.html
A Politico piece puts it well:
"Sanders lives to fight another day
"The Vermont senator racks up wins in Kansas and Nebraska, but his path to the nomination has dramatically narrowed."
"Bernie Sanders stayed alive on Saturday, but it will take a dramatic reversal of political fortunes for him to overtake Hillary Clinton."
"Sanders scored wins in the Kansas and Nebraska caucuses, riding support among the state’s largely white electorates to win by a comfortable margin in both states. But Clinton won overwhelmingly in Louisiana, with Sanders again unable to compete in a state with a large bloc of non-white voters."
"The problem with a draw for Sanders, however, is that he started Saturday in a deep hole to Clinton, having secured 432 delegates to her 1,066. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination. On Saturday, 109 delegates were up for grabs, and given Clinton’s projected margin of victory in Louisiana, she and Sanders will take home similar shares of that total."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/democratic-primaries-2016-ledeall-220296#ixzz4261nQBxz
"Actually, at present, he's down 18 delegates on the night. And how did he live to fight another day? His window actually closed so his days are more numbered now than at the start of the day."
"Sanders could score another win when Democrats caucus in Maine on Sunday, but all those little wins won’t be enough for Sanders unless he starts getting results in larger, more diverse states. A big test comes on Tuesday in Michigan, when Democrats hold a primary with 147 delegates at stake."
"Speaking at a rally in Warren, Michigan on Saturday, Sanders pleaded with supporters to help him turn to the tide. "On Tuesday Michigan has an enormously important primary,” he said. “We will win that primary if voter turnout is high. Let's make it high turnout. Thank you."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/democratic-primaries-2016-ledeall-220296#ixzz4262adxMX
Actually, no you won't. Another Michigan poll yesterday shows Bernie miles behind: ARG has him down 24 points.
His latest theory of the race is he can win blacks in the North. There's something lacking in blacks in the South somehow, they don't get what a Saint he is and how he will save the world.
Basically for the night everything went as expected. He won a couple of white state caucuses and she blew him away in a diverse Southern state with a large black voting population.
Yes, this race is becoming very predictable.
Here is a party trick. Tell someone that you can predict the result of a Democratic primary in advance, by asking one question. "Ooh," the people around you will say, and give you money and attention. The question you ask? What percentage of the state is black?
If the state is more than 10 percent black: Easy call. Hillary Clinton wins it. Under 2.5 percent black? You're probably safe saying that Bernie Sanders will triumph. Anything in between, and you can guess -- but this should pretty much have you covered.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/05/the-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-race-is-becoming-very-predictable/
At this point RCP has the delegate totals as 1121 for HRC and 479 for the Bern. Think about that. She's already almost half way to 2382. Sorry Bernie fans, the super delegates count too. And with these numbers they aren't going to switch.
And your attempts to badger them into flipping to Bernie are counterproductive.
But this is how predictable this race has become. The whiter the state, the higher Bernie's numbers, the more black voters, the worse he does.
To be sure, in a number of states she has won the white vote but this tends to be the case more in more diverse states interestingly enough.
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