[KitKat]

Could someone explain the numbers to me? Why are people saying there's no possible way for Sanders to win? And - don't judge me for not knowing, but - doesn't it come down to electoral college and NOT the popular vote?

[Mike91]

Originally posted by jpow

CNN just posted the percentage of delegates Hillary and Bernie need to clinch the candidacy.

Hillary needs 18% of the remaining delegates. Bernie needs 101%.

That includes super-delegates though. He needs 66%.

I swear if Elizabeth Warren ran, Bernie and Hillary would have been crushed in this primary.

[Beautiful Liar]

Originally posted by Talent

Could someone explain the numbers to me? Why are people saying there's no possible way for Sanders to win? And - don't judge me for not knowing, but - doesn't it come down to electoral college and NOT the popular vote?

[cherylcole]

Originally posted by Talent

Could someone explain the numbers to me? Why are people saying there's no possible way for Sanders to win? And - don't judge me for not knowing, but - doesn't it come down to electoral college and NOT the popular vote?

It's not impossible I guess? Just highly, highly unlikely

And yes, in the GE it's based on the electoral college. Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but Bush won the electoral college.

[like2throw]

Originally posted by cherylcole

It's not impossible I guess? Just highly, highly unlikely

And yes, in the GE it's based on the electoral college. Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but Bush won the electoral college.

freaking Florida.

[Damien M]

Originally posted by King Maxx

Has Trump gone after blacks yet? He would want not to because we will have a field day with him.

I know he said we need to protect police officers, but he never insulted us yet, right?

He + his team legit think he'll get 25% of the black vote. It's bizarre.
And he goes around with a black pastor who "prays for him" at his rallies

[Bloo]

Originally posted by Talent

Could someone explain the numbers to me? Why are people saying there's no possible way for Sanders to win? And - don't judge me for not knowing, but - doesn't it come down to electoral college and NOT the popular vote?

The Democratic presidential primaries have proportional delegate allocation, meaning you get your fair share of delegates based on your share of the popular vote. This means, and Jeff Weaver (Bernie's campaign manager) said this early on, that once you're behind in pledged delegates, you're really behind. Why? Because it makes it difficult to close in on the leader if the margin is large enough. So, take last night for instance. Bernie may have won, but he only gained FIVE more delegates than Hillary. Even though Bernie won outright, Hillary still gained a good number of delegates. So, because of this, for a while Bernie needed to win by MASSIVE margins in order to begin to catch up and he simply hasn't done it.

Now, the margin is so big, and there are so little delegates left that it's practically impossible for him to be able to beat her by large enough margins to actually win the pledged delegate majority.

Play around with this if you wanna get the idea:
http://demrace.com

[Beautiful Liar]

Originally posted by cherylcole

It's not impossible I guess? Just highly, highly unlikely

And yes, in the GE it's based on the electoral college. Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but Bush won the electoral college.

He is referring to the Primary and thinking they use a electoral college to determine the winner

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Beautiful Liar

Okay I didn't grow up here but slay.

Originally posted by cherylcole

It's not impossible I guess? Just highly, highly unlikely

And yes, in the GE it's based on the electoral college. Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but Bush won the electoral college.

This is what I don't get. Why do citizens vote? I've never understood.

Originally posted by Bloo

The Democratic presidential primaries have proportional delegate allocation, meaning you get your fair share of delegates based on your share of the popular vote. This means, and Jeff Weaver (Bernie's campaign manager) said this early on, that once you're behind in pledged delegates, you're really behind. Why? Because it makes it difficult to close in on the leader if the margin is large enough. So, take last night for instance. Bernie may have won, but he only gained FIVE more delegates than Hillary. Even though Bernie won outright, Hillary still gained a good number of delegates. So, because of this, for a while Bernie needed to win by MASSIVE margins in order to begin to catch up and he simply hasn't done it.

Now, the margin is so big, and there are so little delegates left that it's practically impossible for him to be able to beat her by large enough margins to actually win the pledged delegate majority.

Play around with this if you wanna get the idea:
http://demrace.com

This makes sense. I was wondering why I kept seeing "Sanders wins!" on all these videos but you guys kept saying he has no shot. Thanks!

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Beautiful Liar

He is referring to the Primary and thinking they use a electoral college to determine the winner

No I wasn't. They understood what I was asking. Thanks.

[cherylcole]

Originally posted by Talent

Okay I didn't grow up here but slay.



This is what I don't get. Why do citizens vote? I've never understood.



This makes sense. I was wondering why I kept seeing "Sanders wins!" on all these videos but you guys kept saying he has no shot. Thanks!

It's mostly important to vote if you live in a swing state, because those are the states that ultimately determine which party takes the White House. A state like New York for example is highly unlikely to go red compared to a state like Florida which is a swing state and differs depending on the election.

[Lee!!]

Don't forget Superdelegates

[Lee!!]

Originally posted by cherylcole

It's mostly important to vote if you live in a swing state, because those are the states that ultimately determine which party takes the White House. A state like New York for example is highly unlikely to go red compared to a state like Florida which is a swing state and differs depending on the election.

Trump thinks he can turn us in NY red

[KitKat]

Originally posted by cherylcole

It's mostly important to vote if you live in a swing state, because those are the states that ultimately determine which party takes the White House. A state like New York for example is highly unlikely to go red compared to a state like Florida which is a swing state and differs depending on the election.

I live in the west coast so I'm pretty sure things are winding down by the time they reach us. No one really cares about us.

Originally posted by Lee!!

Don't forget Superdelegates

PolySci majors GO AWAY!

[Marvin]

Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA

If they voted/registered instead of fabricating memes and tweeting perhaps he would be winning.

This statement or whatever you wanna call it is pretty stupid.

Voting/registering takes maybe a few hours and is a one time thing. Someone can tweet for days and have something different to say every time.

People CAN, and have, do both.

[Marvin]

Originally posted by Cupid

It's only in the past few weeks that Trump has started to pander to the moderates and liberals (especially regarding the LGBT). However when he does interviews with the Christian/conservative community he tells a completely different story and speaks about overturning gay marriage.

Pandering and changing stories according to the audience? Sounds familiar

[Bloo]

Originally posted by Marvin

This statement or whatever you wanna call it is pretty stupid.

Voting/registering takes maybe a few hours and is a one time thing. Someone can tweet for days and have something different to say every time.

People CAN, and have, do both.

I don't understand what point this is even going for... Also, I voted for Hillary and it took a few minutes.

[Reza]

Originally posted by Talent

I live in the west coast so I'm pretty sure things are winding down by the time they reach us. No one really cares about us.

speak for yourself. California is very important. its the most populated state in the country.

[Marvin]

Originally posted by Bloo

I don't understand what point this is even going for... Also, I voted for Hillary and it took a few minutes.

Some people may have to wait in long lines or caucus, but yeah voting usually doesn't take long at all.

Which is why it doesn't make sense to say "maybe if they were voting instead" They can do both. It's not hard.

[KitKat]

Originally posted by Reza

speak for yourself. California is very important. its the most populated state in the country.

I thought it went with time zones and voting would close on the east coast 3 hours before ours does. I thought I remembered something about they literally called the race in 21012 before Hawaii or Alaska even closed.