Great news for the Bernie camp today.

First, there was a new poll by CBS/NYT that shows Bernie closing the gap a bit. He is now down 19 points, 33-52.

Second, Bernie got a new endorsement in the form of a former Hillary backer, African-American female and voting rights advocate Nina Turner: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/former-clinton-backer-switches-team-sanders?cid=sm_tw_msnbc

Slowly but surely...

Souma

2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts

November 13 2015 07:58 GMT

#162

Oh and I missed the Postal Workers' Union endorsing him. Wow.

farvacola

United States18826 Posts

November 13 2015 13:21 GMT

#163

Gonna need to start winning over some super delegates

Djzapz

Canada10681 Posts

December 03 2015 04:12 GMT

#164

Hey what's happening guys, don't stop

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

December 03 2015 04:26 GMT

#165

On December 03 2015 13:12 Djzapz wrote:
Hey what's happening guys, don't stop

I'm waiting for the next debate... should be interesting even if fewer people might watch it.

GreenHorizons

United States23221 Posts

January 14 2016 21:41 GMT

#166

If you're a Bernie Sanders supporter you need to know about this site: http://www.bernkit.com/ (most/all of the important apps and web pages)

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

January 14 2016 21:53 GMT

#167

On January 15 2016 06:41 GreenHorizons wrote:
If you're a Bernie Sanders supporter you need to know about this site: http://www.bernkit.com/ (most/all of the important apps and web pages)

feelthebern.org should be at the top of that, otherwise neat.

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

January 16 2016 00:53 GMT

#168

Best Bernie website: (warning: kinda loud)

dowefeelthebern.com

GreenHorizons

United States23221 Posts

January 16 2016 01:51 GMT

#169

On January 16 2016 09:53 TheFish7 wrote:
Best Bernie website: (warning: kinda loud)

dowefeelthebern.com

icydergosu

528 Posts

March 08 2016 15:34 GMT

#170

According to Politico Sanders got 58,9% of the votes and 38 delegates in Colorado. However Clinton just got 40,4% of the votes and also got 38 delegates in Colorado.

Can somebody please explain why both candidates have gotten the same number of delegates in Colorado?

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

March 08 2016 15:46 GMT

#171

Didn't she get 28 delegates, not 38? Maybe that is also counting superdelegates?

icydergosu

528 Posts

March 08 2016 16:47 GMT

#172

On March 09 2016 00:46 The_Templar wrote:
Didn't she get 28 delegates, not 38? Maybe that is also counting superdelegates?

It seems Politico is including unpledged delegates which as I understand it are what is referred to as super-delegates.

According to The Green Papers there are 13 unpledged delegates available in Colorado and according to the NY Daily News article almost all of those unpledged delegates pick Clinton.

Some extracts from the NY Daily News article:

Literally, Clinton has received 95.3% of the superdelegates and these individual voters have nothing to do with the actual will of the people in their states.

The super-delegates, which again are just individual people chosen by established party leaders, currently represent 41.8 of the total delegates the candidates have received. And again, 95.3% of these 473 people have chosen Clinton as their candidate.

So, even though 7 million have voted, 473 people that nearly none of us know, get to account for 41.8% of the delegates.

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

March 09 2016 00:38 GMT

#173

So what happens if like Bernie gets 51% of the delegates (not including super delagates) ? Will the super delegates give the middle finger to the will of the people or will they switch over?

Petrosidius

United States10 Posts

March 09 2016 04:20 GMT

#174

Wow I'm from Michigan and I'm really surprised. Even in a liberal Ann Arbor nobody thought this was possible.

GreenHorizons

United States23221 Posts

March 09 2016 04:27 GMT

#175

On March 09 2016 13:20 Petrosidius wrote:
Wow I'm from Michigan and I'm really surprised. Even in a liberal Ann Arbor nobody thought this was possible.

Hope you voted, shit's close lol

icydergosu

528 Posts

March 09 2016 13:56 GMT

#176

On March 09 2016 09:38 TheFish7 wrote:
So what happens if like Bernie gets 51% of the delegates (not including super delagates) ? Will the super delegates give the middle finger to the will of the people or will they switch over?

Considering what the Sanders campaign is all about it is unlikely that the unpledged-super-delegates would dare to go against the will of the people if Sanders were to overtake Clinton in pledged-delegates.