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So will Bernie even get enough votes to remain viable in DC? (Original Post) sweetloukillbot Jun 2016 OP
He might get 25%. DC is majority minorities, but about 40% is white. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1
There are also several big universities. Some students spooky3 Jun 2016 #3
Not enough delegates left for him to be able to get a majority of delegates since a majority Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #2
no mercuryblues Jun 2016 #4
I just meant for DC. sweetloukillbot Jun 2016 #5
then mercuryblues Jun 2016 #7
So the lead has widened instead of narrow for DC. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #6
 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
1. He might get 25%. DC is majority minorities, but about 40% is white.
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 10:56 AM
Jun 2016

Minorities have not been accepting of Bernie because he has been freely discounting their voting power.

spooky3

(36,093 posts)
3. There are also several big universities. Some students
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jun 2016

Are home for the summer but grad students stay. There are also TONS of Millennials working and living in DC.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Not enough delegates left for him to be able to get a majority of delegates since a majority
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:00 AM
Jun 2016

of pledged and super delegates which has already been determined. A campaign running off the tracks.

mercuryblues

(15,077 posts)
4. no
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:32 AM
Jun 2016

All the wishful magic think emanating from his campaign has not made him viable for quite some time.

A while back I did the math and Bernie need 66% of the remaining primary votes to delegates to win. Clinton needed 33%

He needed 70% of the vote yesterday. An impossible task, considering Clinton was polling way ahead in the biggest states.

Yesterday Bernie needed 500 delegates, Clinton 215 of the 714 available.
There was no "narrow path" to victory.

There are only 20 delegates left to win. Even there, Bernie has no chance to go out with a win. It is predicted Clinton will get 70.7% of the vote to Bernie's 29.3%

sweetloukillbot

(12,578 posts)
5. I just meant for DC.
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:42 AM
Jun 2016

Will he pull 15% to be able to get a single delegate. It won't change anything, I just wonder how badly he will lose.

mercuryblues

(15,077 posts)
7. then
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:53 AM
Jun 2016

You'll like the last sentence of my post

There are only 20 delegates left to win. Even there, Bernie has no chance to go out with a win. It is predicted Clinton will get 70.7% of the vote to Bernie's 29.3%

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