Too Early to Call.

[Lorien]

So Arizona 1% reporting 63% hill to 37% Bernie wasn't too early to call....but this is. f***ing unbelievable.

Spin, HRC fans, SPIN!!

[upaloopa]

1. AZ was at 41% when called

[Dragonfli]

12. It was called with less than 2% in (rounded down to 1) it is bad to tell untrue things. /nt

[upaloopa]

20. No it wasn't. The cable networks call it at 41% I was watching

[Dem2]

13. Cut it out

You're countering the narrative.

[upaloopa]

19. I was watching MSNBC when it was called

[riderinthestorm]

21. It was at 41% of one precinct, 1% of the total. But you knew that nt

[NWCorona]

2. Priceless

[flor-de-jasmim]

3. Don't forget to factor that people in AZ were STILL VOTING!

[6chars]

4. they might base that on exit poll data

[Dem2]

14. Between that and the massive amount of early voting

It was blindingly obvious.

[Lorien]

18. Bernie was over 60% in AZ exit polls. nt

[dchill]

5. Well, it IS too early to call.

But as we know, that doesn't mean they won't call it.

[Lorien]

11. I agree! I had several sources opened at once when the AP called AZ for HRC when 1% was in

(the revisionist history of 41% was bullshit. It was several HOURS before 41% was tallied, and people were STILL in line)! I don't think that they should call any State until over 80% of votes are tallied, and it isn't close enough to flip to another candidate.

[dchill]

17. I think your 80% is about right...

Especially when people are still waiting in line - after several hours - to vote. It's antidemocratic, it's unethical.

[hrmjustin]

6. They are waiting to see the city vote likely but he won so don't sweat it.

[CoffeeCat]

7. The media definitely could have had a suppressive effect on voters

If you're standing in line and the race is called for someone--you are more likely to leave.

The media was definitely WRONG in calling the race so early for Hillary Clinton in Arizona. One percent is ridiculous to call any race. It's absurd.

It appears that so many things in AZ went Clinton's way. She naturally was going to do better with early voters in AZ.

The fuck ups with the very low number of precinct sites--combined with the media calling it early and depressing the vote--all worked in Clinton's favor. Like a charm.

She couldn't have asked for a better confluence of conditions to favor her--if she had planned it that way herself.

[polly7]

9. +1000. nt.

[oberliner]

8. Caucuses are different from primaries

The earlier calls are usually in primaries where people vote all day long rather than at one proscribed time.

[TSIAS]

10. I don't see exit polls

There weren't in Arizona as well.

They really shouldn't make predictions in these cases until a big portion of the actual vote is in.

Arizona, IIRC, was called after only the early votes from Maricopa County were in. That didn't seem right IMO.

[greymouse]

16. exit polls in Arizona

I saw at least one report that an Arizona exit poll had gone for Bernie.

[fun n serious]

15. I expected it but still impressive

Is that the SPIN you wanted?

[strategery blunder]

22. King County starting to come in

The last plausible excuse for not calling it, when they called Arizona at 1%, is now gone

[Nanjeanne]

23. Right now 30.5% is in and Bernie is up 76% to Clinton 23.7% - so . . . still too early to call?

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/live-updates-from-washington-states-democratic-caucuses/

The Associated Press says Bernie Sanders has won the Washington state caucuses.

And BERNIE just announced it at his Madison, Wisconsin rally. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!

[New Earth]

24. CNN, MSNBC, etc. have now called it for Bernie.

[NorthCarolina]

25. IMO Bernie has achieved Critical Mass tonight.

There will be no stopping him now.

A little birdie, and some blowout election returns in AK and WA, told me that.