Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumMA margin of victory for HRC now only 1.42%!!
Last edited Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:37 PM - Edit history (1)
With 99.95% reporting. Wow... this one's another squeaker.
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)For fucks sake!!! lol
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)(You probably don't remember, for which I envy you.)
retrowire
(10,345 posts)And though I was mostly unware, I do know what you're referring to. It's an infamous event.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)It changed the course of my life and I became deeply involved in election integrity advocacy.
senz
(11,945 posts)Elections are the only enduring power granted to the people by our Constitution, so they are of prime importance. Protecting them might very well be the most fundamental way we have of preserving our democracy.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)And most Americans don't realize it. Besides the utter chaos of the 2000 election, this one jarring fact stood out:
"On December 12, 2000, in Bush v. Gore the U.S. Supreme Court said that the individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote." As a result, states rights reigned over individual rights because there is no citizenship right to vote in the Constitution. A federal right to vote in the Constitution would have required all the votes to be counted because an individual right to vote would have taken precedence over Florida's law."
You can read more about it here:
http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/does-the-us-constitution-guarantee-americans-an-affirmative-individual-right-to-vote
There are many articles about this startling fact. There's another good article about it here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/08/what-does-the-constitution-actually-say-about-voting-rights/278782/
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Hillary Clinton
50.3% 570,833 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 549,496 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,443 votes
Others
0.8% 8,967 votes
Pharaoh
(8,209 posts)MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)With Bill Clinton appearing at several polling sites and one site being locked for two hours while he made an appearance, there was a boatload of questionable things taking place. Voter suppression has been mentioned, just for starters.
With the votes being so close, it warrants further scrutiny.
NowSam
(1,252 posts)Quite frankly, he ought to be brought up on charges.
Duckfan
(1,268 posts)What a POS?
He knows Secret Service will close stuff off where ever he goes.
Is anyone else pissed about him campaigning W/I 150 ft. of polling place?
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)...and from what I see in the video, against the law.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Something's rotten in the state of Denmark.
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)calling for his arrest for voting violations. It has over 47,000 signatures at this point. Apparently, a lot of people are furious and not willing to let this slide.
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)But afaik, it's okay to link to another DU thread, and ... there it is.
Optimism
(142 posts)... gave her a 94% chance of winning MA (or whatever it was), this is a VERY respectable result.
And with Bernie surpassing expectations tonight, and the slim margins involved in bell-weather states ... I truly feel this will be a YUUUUGE boost to his fundraising totals tonight and tomorrow. And just wait until the WEST COAST finally gets to vote!!
Nyan
(1,192 posts)"Nate Silver has lost his mind."
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)ALBliberal
(2,358 posts)Anyone know? Sorry I.guess I can just look it up!
thing to remember clinton won big in mass in 2008.here she barely won.and like iowa it was basicly stolen with bill clinton shuting down polling places.
senz
(11,945 posts)Robbins
(5,066 posts)clintons look like in iowa,nevada,and mass like bush in florida in 2000 and ohio in 2004.and they wonder why bernie supporters
don't like clintons.
senz
(11,945 posts)to the Bush family -- with whom they grew so close after leaving the White House.
Just like we tell our kids, be careful whom you hang out with.
Turns out, Bernie supporters are the last true remaining Democrats.
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Wouldn't that tick off the corrupt corporate owned MSM talking heads?!
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
bernbabe
(370 posts)but maybe he could pick up another delegate if it gets closer.
Duckfan
(1,268 posts)Because DWS and the rest of them can go to hell.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Worcester County
Berkshire County
Franklin County
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/mar/01/super-tuesday-results-live-state-by-state
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)That's a tall order, but it looks like most of the missing towns are in solid Sanders territory. Nail-biting time.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Actually, it really doesn't amaze me. This one is still too close to call.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)headline that Sanders was getting slammed across the country. That is not a typo. 5PM Which country was that Evil Empire again?
senz
(11,945 posts)They used to be impartial with a liberal tinge. Then the Republicans defunded them. Then the corporations moved in to become their main sponsors. Now, they're just as corporate-controlled as any other media.
And, of course, Hillary is just as corporate as any Repub.
SheenaR
(2,052 posts)That the other side thinks Mass was the nail in the coffin. Flip it around. If Bernie won by 2 or 3 delegates nobody would care. It's insane how they distort every single detail of every single aspect of this campaign
senz
(11,945 posts)that speaks volumes about who and what they are. Is there nothing they won't stoop to?
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)It's REALLY important we watch this one up until it's 100% reporting. Irregularities with electronic voting are *notorious* for occuring very late when less eyes are on the process.
kath
(10,565 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Hillary Clinton
50.3% 576,041 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 554,616 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,482 votes
Others
0.8% 9,030 votes
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/election-results/2016/primary/democratic/massachusetts/?p1=BG_election_results
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)But HRC and Bernie are tied at 49.3% each. They are separated only by 10 votes in that county!!! geesh!
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)And HRC leads there by 1.4%.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)HRC leads there by 4.6%
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)HRC leads there by 4.2%
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Bernie leads there by 3.8%.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)with Bernie leading by a WHOPPING 40%!!
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Bernie leading by a full 8% of the vote.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)And HRC's margin has narrowed to just .4%!
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)And Bernie is now leading HRC by .2% (49.4 to 49.2).
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Please stay on top of this!
jillan
(39,451 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)of those with outstanding votes.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)95.86% precincts reporting (1,155,761 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.3% 581,601 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 560,493 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,522 votes
Others
0.8% 9,145 votes
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)96.59% precincts reporting (1,165,848 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.3% 586,362 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 565,644 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,559 votes
Others
0.8% 9,283 votes
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)96.78% precincts reporting (1,167,733 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.3% 587,159 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 566,716 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,565 votes
Others
0.8% 9,293 votes
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)96.82% precincts reporting (1,168,445 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.3% 587,478 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 567,091 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,567 votes
Others
0.8% 9,309 votes
delrem
(9,688 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)The websites I'm pulling the info from are here:
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/election-results/2016/primary/democratic/massachusetts/?p1=BG_election_results
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/mar/01/super-tuesday-results-live-state-by-state
Curious to see the final numbers in the morning.
Duckfan
(1,268 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)And there is 3.8% of the vote still to be counted.
hillarysong2016
(83 posts)"Another WIIIIIIIIIIIN for Hillary!!!" meanwhile, whenever the officially MSM-designated Greater Evil Republican (Trump) beats the rest of the (officially MSM Designated "Lesser Evil" Republicans by far, far more, they are like ok, the others are staying in the race and fighting Trump...but Bernie just a hair behind and their bias (or their utter TERROR at being targeted by the vindictive Clinton machine) shows...
In fact I could go on a long rant about how Trump is evil, but in many areas, he is the lesser evil (Planned Parenthood position, Libya/Syria/Middle east position, and even Elizabeth Warren gave him points on his higher taxes for the rich) yes I know he's "still very evil" but its absurd how the other republicans who are to the RIGHT of Trump on those issues, are not officially designated crazies, only him....And on Libya/Syria/Middle east, Hillary herself is to the right of Trump...again only he gets called crazy, not her positions (which are worse than crazy...they are mass murder costing us trillions of dollars..one calculation by a nobel prize winning economist working with harvard professor, is $3 Trillion cost)...but i'm here to mostly post about Bernie and a pro-Bernie parody son about Hillary
in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)to thank Trump for it! People need to know she could be INDICTED any day now!
PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE
nxylas
(6,440 posts)It's around 8.30 am here.
96.92% precincts reporting (1,170,867 votes total)
Clinton: 50.3%
Sanders: 48.5%
O'Malley: 0.4%
Others: 0.8%
I'm curious to know who these "others" are, who are getting twice as many votes as O'Malley.
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)96.92% precincts reporting (1,170,867 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.3% 588,590 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.5% 568,378 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,585 votes
Others
0.8% 9,314 votes
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)Just like a Republican.
jillan
(39,451 posts)This was not a decisive win for Hillary.
jillan
(39,451 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 2, 2016, 02:22 PM - Edit history (1)
99.03% precincts reporting (1,197,120 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.1% 600,041 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.7% 582,801 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,702 votes
Others
0.8% 9,576 votes
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)99.95% precincts reporting (1,204,900 votes total)
Candidate Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton
50.1% 603,782 votes
Bernie Sanders
48.7% 586,694 votes
Martin O'Malley
suspended campaign Feb. 1
0.4% 4,742 votes
Others
0.8% 9,682 votes
AmBlue
(3,124 posts)...And Bernie would have to overcome a 17,000 deficit to win, so a win is not happening. But what IS interesting is the margin of victory has continued to narrow to a near tie as the votes are almost all counted. It's likely what's left are overseas (military, expats, etc.), so the last .05% of votes will continue to trickle in.
VERY tight race!! Great job Bernie and all who voted, phone-banked, and knocked on doors!! We're in it to win it..... All the way to the CONVENTION!!
senz
(11,945 posts)AmBlue
(3,124 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)That close and that is what it is for all practical purposes.
Now, if we did like the HRC Group we would post lots of photos of Bernie with 'love' emojis and proclaim how handsome he is.