Bernie Sanders Wins Missouri After All

[pantsonfire]

On March 15, Hillary Clinton narrowly won the Missouri primary with 49.6% of the vote, compared to Bernie Sanders’ 49.4% share of the vote. Since delegates are allocated proportionally, it was projected that Hillary Clinton would win 36 of the 71 pledged delegates, and Sanders would walk away with the other 35 delegates.

However, just like in Nevada, many Hillary Clinton delegates didn’t show up to these meetings and Bernie Sanders was able to snatch more District-Level delegates than what he was supposed to have. Reported delegate allocation by the Missouri Democratic Party shows that 681 delegates (51.4%) were allocated to Bernie Sanders and 644 delegates (48.6%) allocated for Hillary Clinton.

Sanders should get 37 pledged delegates and Clinton would get 34 delegates.

http://progressivearmy.com/2016/04/10/bernie-sanders-wins-missouri-after-all/

4 delegate swing, #feelthemath (every delegate counts!)

Bernie wins Missouri, #feelthebern

[Zira]

1. Excellent! I suspect he actually won Iowa too, and probably a few more.

Voter suppression everywhere in this election thanks to Hillary's DNC support.

At least he's getting credit for Missouri now.

[TMontoya]

2. No

The MO primary vote is binding. Hillary still wins.

[pantsonfire]

3. Just like Nevada? Didn't Obama win Nevada after Hillary won...

...are the rules in Missouri completely different? Are you upset, this is a reality?

[DemocracyDirect]

5. They say she wins Missouri anyway...

... and then will also say she won Wyoming.

It's called hypocrisy.

[eomer]

9. The rules in Missouri are different - its primary is binding.

The delegates in Missouri are allocated based on the primary results, not the proportion of supporters attending the later steps in the caucus process.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. Boom! LOL!

[TexasTowelie]

4. I looked at the top 10 newspapers in Missouri and found only this one article:

The popularity of Bernie Sanders among Jasper County Democrats was more than reflected Thursday during a county caucus to select delegates to the congressional district and state conventions.

While former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Missouri by slight margin in the March 15 presidential preference primary, Sanders won 66 percent of the vote in Jasper County. At the national convention, Clinton will receive 36 votes from Missouri and Sanders will receive 35.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/susan-redden-democrats-republicans-gather-for-county-caucuses/article_30c3eaa7-4472-5db1-a867-fdd1bf19a8ab.html

It is quite interesting that the Progressive Army blog is counting the race about 20 delegates closer than any other source. However, I guess they have a narrative that they are trying to protect.

[jfern]

7. Not that much closer

Margins
Progressive Army 204
538 212
Bernie 214
Green Papers 216

[fun n serious]

6. Binding.. no such luck nt

[Gothmog]

10. The OP is wrong-Read the Missouri Delegate Selection Plan

Under the Missouri Delegate Selection plan, the results of the primary are binding and can not be changes. See rule 6A of the Delegate Selection plan https://drive.google.com/a/chriskoster.com/file/d/0Bw8qd8A8ZSVLY0RGWFNtMlJkdXc/view?pref=2&pli=1 In addition each Candidate has approval rights over their delegates under rule 5 of the Delegation Selection Plan. In Texas, I have been asked to help vet the delegates to the national convention for my Senate district for the Clinton campaign. The campaign takes this vetting process seriously.

I am not sure what the Sanders people think that they are doing. The primary is binding and they can not change the results fo the primary under Missouri Democratic party rules.

[Tarc]

11. Camp Sanders lies again...or at the very least, is ignorant of Missouri law

Missouri delegates are bound, they cannot flipflop at will.

https://drive.google.com/a/wrsdsau59.org/file/d/0Bw8qd8A8ZSVLY0RGWFNtMlJkdXc/view?pref=2&pli=1

[Renew Deal]

12. Undemocratic Socialism

[rock]

13. Liar, liar, (insert your name here)

Feel the bern.