Democratic Wisconsin Primary results thread (polls close at 9pm ET)

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

Most of Milwaukee is reporting, but Bernie is stronger in Madison and Green Bay. He might hit 57%.

[Gass3268]

Most of Milwaukee is reporting, but Bernie is stronger in Madison and Green Bay. He might hit 57%.

Very little of the City of Madison has reported yet too.

[Wiz in Wis]

Bernie did very well tonight, so congrats to him, but he may net as few as 10 delegates from this win. Given that this is one of his best remaining states, that's not a lot of movement from where we were a few hours ago.

Also, for the record, it looks like a ton of Dems decided to not vote in the Supreme Court race, compared to GOP voters. Not only is Bernie not helping other Dems in $$, he can't deliver votes either. Sad!

[henster]

Wasn't Kloppenburg outspent like 3:1, this seems more on WI Dems. Why didn't she campaign with Sanders/Clinton.

[Xing]

The Supreme Court results are looking very disappointing.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Bernie did very well tonight, so congrats to him, but he may net as few as 10 delegates from this win. Given that this is one of his best remaining states, that's not a lot of movement from where we were a few hours ago.

Also, for the record, it looks like a ton of Dems decided to not vote in the Supreme Court race, compared to GOP voters. Not only is Bernie not helping other Dems in $$, he can't deliver votes either. Sad!

HAHAHA yes blame Sanders for that. How ridiculous of a claim that is.

[Wiz in Wis]

Bernie did very well tonight, so congrats to him, but he may net as few as 10 delegates from this win. Given that this is one of his best remaining states, that's not a lot of movement from where we were a few hours ago.

Also, for the record, it looks like a ton of Dems decided to not vote in the Supreme Court race, compared to GOP voters. Not only is Bernie not helping other Dems in $$, he can't deliver votes either. Sad!

HAHAHA yes blame Sanders for that. How ridiculous of a claim that is.

Well, who I guess I could blame his idiot millennial voters who don't know how to finish a ballot.

[yourelection]

Bernie did very well tonight, so congrats to him, but he may net as few as 10 delegates from this win. Given that this is one of his best remaining states, that's not a lot of movement from where we were a few hours ago.

Also, for the record, it looks like a ton of Dems decided to not vote in the Supreme Court race, compared to GOP voters. Not only is Bernie not helping other Dems in $$, he can't deliver votes either. Sad!

It seems more like Sanders is an independent candidate rather than a democratic candidate. He does not seem connected to the party. He will not fair well on his own. He will need a congress and party support to get done what he promised to do (they are promises arn't they?)

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Racine County finally in (but barley) Sanders leads by 10.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Beautiful speech by Bernie! Despite the daunting odds he hasn't lost any of his passion.

[Nathan Towne]

You people's candidates never cease to amaze me. It is all a massive joke aside from the fact that they are a very clear long-term threat to the economic and political security of the American experiment.

[henster]

Bernie did very well tonight, so congrats to him, but he may net as few as 10 delegates from this win. Given that this is one of his best remaining states, that's not a lot of movement from where we were a few hours ago.

Also, for the record, it looks like a ton of Dems decided to not vote in the Supreme Court race, compared to GOP voters. Not only is Bernie not helping other Dems in $$, he can't deliver votes either. Sad!

I guess you'd rather he run as an independent then, with $44 million or so he's raising a month.

It seems more like Sanders is an independent candidate rather than a democratic candidate. He does not seem connected to the party. He will not fair well on his own. He will need a congress and party support to get done what he promised to do (they are promises arn't they?)

[Nathan Towne]

Beautiful speech by Bernie! Despite the daunting odds he hasn't lost any of his passion.

It is all a massive circus.

[Antonio the Sixth]

LOL, your party is basically falling apart and shooting itself in the foot and you're calling the D primary a circus? How cute.

[Sorenroy]

You people's candidates never cease to amaze me. It is all a massive joke aside from the fact that they are a very clear long-term threat to the economic and political security of the American experiment.

I'm very curious: how do you justify your last president (Bush Jr.), who initiated the crash of 2008, and yet say that people like Obama and Bill Clinton are the "long-term threats to the economic and political security of the American experiment"?

[Lyin' Steve]

Bernie did very well tonight, so congrats to him, but he may net as few as 10 delegates from this win. Given that this is one of his best remaining states, that's not a lot of movement from where we were a few hours ago.

Also, for the record, it looks like a ton of Dems decided to not vote in the Supreme Court race, compared to GOP voters. Not only is Bernie not helping other Dems in $$, he can't deliver votes either. Sad!

It seems more like Sanders is an independent candidate rather than a democratic candidate. He does not seem connected to the party. He will not fair well on his own. He will need a congress and party support to get done what he promised to do (they are promises arn't they?)

Back in the 80s and 90s he was never thought of as really a democrat.  It was more "oh isn't it funny that Vermont has a communist mayor/representative" the same way we'd say "oh isn't it funny that California has the terminator actor as its governor" or "oh isn't it funny that Minnesota elected a pro wrestler as its governor."  There were occasional interviews of him on TV where he'd be lured into espousing communist viewpoints or praising the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro, whoever you like, it was just a spectacle kind of thing.

It was only with the polarization of the post-Gingrich era that he really became thought of as a democrat.  Because after that, Congress wasn't so much about individual personalities and ideologies as "either you're with us or against us."  Bernie caucused with the Ds and could be counted on to vote for Obamacare or to filibuster a supreme court nominee or what have you (although not to defund the Iraq War, a perennial national-suicide effort by the democrats, just like the debt ceiling crises on the R side nowadays) so he was just another democrat to 95% of the country.  But he certainly didn't think of himself that way and democratic politicians knew all to well that he wasn't a democrat, because he couldn't care less whether they won or lost their races and would be just as satisfied in a congress that was 90% republican.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Over 10 points now. Lead is growing in Wade.

[Xing]

#DoubleDigits

[Sorenroy]

Also something to note, with roughly half the precincts reporting on both sides and a total of around 1,100,000 votes in so far, it looks like there might be over 2,000,000 voters tonight! Definitely exceeding the earlier upper estimates of 1,750,000 (as long as the rest of the precincts have a similar population).

[Dr. Arch]

I can't believe my eyes with the Supreme Court results. Is there a chance for this to turn around?

[Gass3268]

91% in Milwaukee County, Clinton is only up 2%!

This is amazing!

[Lyin' Steve]

I can't believe my eyes with the Supreme Court results. Is there a chance for this to turn around?

What's the story there?
Local issues never get enough attention.  Likely much more consequential to real people than whether Bernie loses by 250 or 230 delegates.
In Washington we have some prick who stuffs the ballot with initiatives to dramatically lower taxes and change programs for the worse every year, under nice-sounding names to try to trick unknowing voters into destroying the state economy.  Ought to be illegal.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Looks like it will be around the same margin Obama beat her in 08'.

[Dr. Arch]

I can't believe my eyes with the Supreme Court results. Is there a chance for this to turn around?

What's the story there?
Local issues never get enough attention.  Likely much more consequential to real people than whether Bernie loses by 250 or 230 delegates.
In Washington we have some prick who stuffs the ballot with initiatives to dramatically lower taxes and change programs for the worse every year, under nice-sounding names to try to trick unknowing voters into destroying the state economy.  Ought to be illegal.

Literally this...

[Sorenroy]

I can't believe my eyes with the Supreme Court results. Is there a chance for this to turn around?

The same thing that makes Sanders increasing his lead likely hurts Kloppenburg; most of the rest of the precincts are more rural. It's not impossible (maybe around 3/4 to a million votes left), and Bradley's lead has gone down slightly (now "only" leads by 95k), but I really doubt it. Sorry man... it's really disappointing, even for me as a NCer.