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w4rma

(31,700 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:45 PM Mar 2016

Despite the Arizona voter suppression, Bernie won 18 more pledged delegates than Clinton, last night

There are still 3 pledged delegates left to be allocated, 1 from each state. Bernie will definitely win the extra from Arizona, since all late counted votes will lean towards Sanders. Especially the provisional ballots, which haven't been counted, yet. If they are counted.

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2016/primaries/2016-03-22#UT-Dem

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Despite the Arizona voter suppression, Bernie won 18 more pledged delegates than Clinton, last night (Original Post) w4rma Mar 2016 OP
You Wouldn't Know It From Reading Mainstream Media gordyfl Mar 2016 #1

gordyfl

(598 posts)
1. You Wouldn't Know It From Reading Mainstream Media
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:25 PM
Mar 2016

Last night before I went to sleep I looked up the election results.

I read that Hillary Clinton was the "Declared Winner" of Arizona with 67% of the vote. When I looked closer it said "1% reporting". She was declared the winner by Associated Press (AP).

It was also reported that "Hillary would win the most delegates for the day" because of her landslide victory in AZ.
I went to sleep.

When I woke up in the morning I read that Hillary had 58% of the AZ vote with 92% reporting. Hillary down 9% since I went to sleep. Bernie won Utah and Idaho with nearly 80% of the vote in both states - and it was Bernie, not Hillary who walked away with the most delegates for the day.

I don't know if the media is stupid or dishonest. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Today I read the NY Times. They said that Bernie, when giving his post-election speech, ignored his "lopsided loss" to Hillary (58%) in AZ. No mention in the article about Hillary's lopsided losses in Idaho and Utah (Bernie 79% and 78%).

I also read that because of the long lines, AZ extended its voting time deadline. I read in one of the comments - a woman voter who waited in one those long lines said that Hillary was declared the winner while she, and many others were still outside, and had not yet voted. That must have been when there was "1% reporting".

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