Democratic Freak States Holy Saturday results thread (1st caucuses begin @1pmET)

[Hnv1]

How does king county have only 17 precincts? I'm seeing numerous precincts on tweeter, are these 17 divided into smaller precincts or something?

[Classic Conservative]

How does king county have only 17 precincts? I'm seeing numerous precincts on tweeter, are these 17 divided into smaller precincts or something?

Yes, I would think they are

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Is Seattle going to be the first major urban center to go for Bernie? Because pretty much all big cities that have voted so far have gone for Clinton, even Boston.

Minneapolis/St. Paul and Denver.

[Flake]

Chelan County 2008: 73% Obama
Chelan County 2016: 72% Sanders

[Beet]

Only Grand Rapids and Austin weren't caucuses. But he he probably would have won Boise, Salt Lake City at least.

[Fusionmunster]

I also love all the people on here who are like "Beet! Quit being unreasonable! Your candidate only has 2% of the vote in 1/17th of a major urban center! Stop freaking out!"

Dude, you were literally saying Hillary was doomed the day before she swept 5 states. She's not going to do well today, but if she managed viability in Idaho, she'll manage viability in Washington.

[Antonio the Sixth]

"Freak States"?

[Xing]

She'll definitely get viability in WA. AK seems like more of a question mark.

[Gass3268]

"Freak States"?

Simpsons quote, check out the first post.

[Flake]

Pacific County 2008: 55% Obama
Pacific County 2016: 81% Sanders

[Gass3268]

Pacific County 2008: 55% Obama
Pacific County 2016: 81% Sanders

Dang!

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Pacific County 2008: 55% Obama
Pacific County 2016: 81% Sanders

Dang!

God damn. 

[Dr. Arch]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

[Fusionmunster]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

[Dr. Arch]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

True. CA is going to be big this cycle.

[Beet]

They don't have the population, but they sure as hell have the delegates. Sanders just made up over 500,000 vote deficit from Florida today.

[KingSweden]

Chelan County 2008: 73% Obama
Chelan County 2016: 72% Sanders

I'm in Chelan County as we speak, actually! Not caucusing today. (I'm not a registered Dem, for starters)

[Fusionmunster]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

True. CA is going to be big this cycle.

Unless Sanders wins California by a big enough margin to offset his losses in NY and NJ, it really won't.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

True. CA is going to be big this cycle.

Please. Even if Sanders managed a win there it wouldn't be by anywhere near the margin he would need to lead in pledged delegates.

[Xing]

If Sanders wins CA by the margin he's winning WA, then he'll have a chance.

[KingSweden]

If Sanders wins CA by the margin he's winning WA, then he'll have a chance.

The demographics of CA are very different, though. He'll dominate the Bay Area, however

[Gass3268]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

Washington has only 6 less delegates than North Carolina. Nothing to scoff at.

[Lyin' Steve]

Seattle is possibly the most liberal major city in the country, with SF and Portland being its two closest rivals.  We elected a legitimately evil "Trotskyite Socialist" Kshama Sawant to our city council, the far-far-far-far-left newspaper everyone reads, The Stranger, is run almost exclusively by gay communists,  and we have a giant statue of Lenin.  My precinct had a bunch of hippies with dreadlocks and those organic-store purses that are made to look like they were sewn together from patches, and there were a couple millenials in brown jackets standing together with hammer and sickle pins and red star hats.

I don't think Hillary is going to win this one.

Another interesting observation from the caucus:  the main argument the Bernie people had left was that Bernie beats Trump in the polls by more than Hillary, so he is the safe choice.  I think I heard that argument, and mostly a recitation of some poll that apparently had Hillary losing to Trump by a point, about a dozen times and not much else.  All the Bernie speakers had lists of talking points or were reading their speeches off of papers; the Clinton people came unprepared.  Anyway, it seems like an odd argument to make; I don't think anyone, including Team Sanders themselves, actually believes that Sanders is a stronger general election candidate than Hillary, unless they've been stuck in their bubble for too long.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

Washington has only 6 less delegates than North Carolina. Nothing to scoff at.

He's only winning this big because it's a caucus. His win in WI will be nothing compared to this.

[Fusionmunster]

Crazy numbers from these states. They definitely help him make up for his extreme under performance in the south.

I mean, kinda. If these states had anywhere near the population the southern states had, Sanders might  have had a chance.

Washington has only 6 less delegates than North Carolina. Nothing to scoff at.

Yeah, but Idaho, Utah, Kansas and Nebraska pale in comparison to Georgia, Texas, Florida and South Carolina in terms of population.