Shaun King: Hillary Clinton has not won the Democratic Primary

[berni_mccoy]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-hillary-clinton-not-won-democratic-primary-article-1.2664569

On Monday, on the eve of the most important day in the primary, on a day where not a single vote was cast, Hillary Clinton was surprisingly declared the winner of the Democratic Primary.

Tuesday was scheduled to be the single biggest day of the entire Democratic Primary season with a total of 694 pledged delegates up for grabs in California, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and New Mexico.

In the past 45 days alone, more than 650,000 new voters registered in California and the state announced that with 72% of available voters registered, it was the highest percentage of people ever registered for primaries in the state.

This should have been a celebration for the Democratic Party as it welcomed record numbers of new voters into the fold. Instead, something far more nefarious and underhanded has happened. New voters didn't put Hillary Clinton over the top. Pledged delegates didn't seal the deal. It wasn't a recount of a primary or caucus.

It was a survey - an anonymous survey.

Yes, you read that correctly - a survey. The Associated Press conducted a secret survey of super-delegates, in which they promised to protect their identities, and determined that just enough of them, the perfect number actually, said they intended to vote for Hillary Clinton 50 days from now during the Democratic Convention. For the AP, that was enough to go ahead and call the race for her.


It's disgusting.

The entire setup by the media and yes Hillary's campaign yesterday just to suppress the votes in the remaining primary is absolutely disgusting. The reaction of Hill-fans goes to a whole new level of disgusting beyond that.

[artyteacher]

1. we all knew she won after Feb 20. eom

[senz]

24. You knew she was ahead. But she has NOT reached 2383 delegates and has NOT WON.

[artyteacher]

30. i mean we knew she was on track...

And pretty much unstoppable.

[MFM008]

2. When Sanders didn't get NY

I knew it was over.

[still_one]

3. Hillary Clinton Will Be Nominated Because More Democrats Are Voting For Her

"In a statement released after the AP’s call, the Sanders campaign argued that the media is wrong to declare Clinton the presumptive nominee by including superdelegates.....

"But Sanders’s statement — and the AP’s call — distract from the larger point. Clinton will be the Democratic nominee because substantially more Democrats have voted for her. In addition to her elected delegate majority, she’s received approximately 13.5 million votes so far in primaries and caucuses, compared with 10.5 million for Sanders."

......

There also isn’t much sign of forward momentum for Sanders, after a strong run of contests in late March and early April. Over the past seven weeks, from the New York primary on April 19 through Puerto Rico on Sunday, Clinton has won 505 pledged delegates compared with 428 for Sanders. Her current lead in our national polling average, 14.4 percentage points, is the widest it has been since mid-February.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hillary-clinton-clinches-democratic-nomination-according-to-ap/

[PotatoChip]

31. "More democrats are voting for her". Are you sure about that?

This 17 point Bernie advantage among California Democrats would seem to suggest otherwise.




Image came from here: https://twitter.com/NotMeUs/status/740176538654650368

[still_one]

36. Yes, I am sure of that. I live in California, and have been doing call banking and canvasing, and

those numbers are bullshit

The most accurate pollster in California is the Field Poll, and they give a 2 point spread between the candidates.

Registered Democrats who voted in the last election in California are overwhelming voting for Hillary

The wild cards are the NPP registrations, and the newly registered, and the consensus of pollsters in the last two weeks is within two point spread.

So yeah, I am sure about that.

Here are recent polls, including Marist/WSJ which gives a 2 point spread:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ca/california_democratic_presidential_primary-5321.html

Maybe you should look again, and view things objectively

[ISUGRADIA]

42. Source?

Somebody's tweet is not enough, I want to see this confirmed from the actual news website if you can provide a link.

[SFnomad]

4. Secretary Clinton has not won the primary, yet ... but she has become the Presumptive Nominee ....

[berni_mccoy]

5. Based on a super secret survey of anonymous sources

[SFnomad]

9. They won't be anonymous for long ... and it won't change your attitude once they're not either n/t

[berni_mccoy]

10. I get it. You're just fine with voter disenfranchisement just so long as your candidate wins

[SFnomad]

11. How is it disenfranchising voters? They haven't closed the polls.

If someone decides on their own not to vote, for whatever reason that is and they're not being stopped from doing it ... it is NOT disenfranchisement. Words have meanings, you're abusing them.

[senz]

25. Suppressing the vote by declaring a "winner" the night before is filthy.

[SFnomad]

35. You have nothing to back up your assertion of suppressing the vote ...

And it is not disenfranchisement in any way, shape or form. Calling it that does a disservice to real voter disenfranchisement.

[senz]

40. The plans were to announce AFTER the primaries, not BEFORE.

The AP was going to give Hill a meaningless "presumptive candidate" status AFTER today's voting.

But they jumped the gun last night. Must have been worried about something.

[SFnomad]

43. And you STILL have not provided ANY evidence of suppressing the vote ... just your say so n/t

[NurseJackie]

14. Disenfranchisement? That word has an actual meaning ...

... and nobody is being deprived of their right to vote.

[TwilightZone]

12. Superdelegates aren't anonymous.

There are lists publicly available. Feel free to contact them all.

In fact, you can probably get a list from Sanders' campaign. He's been in contact with them frequently of late.

[imagine2015]

19. What are the names of the superdelegates who just decided to support Clinton?

Do you have that information?

According to the Associated Press the superdelegates who allegedly just decided to support Clinton wish to keep their support a secret.

Are you claiming that AP lied?

Read their statement.

[Lord Magus]

16. You know what else is "a super secret survey of anonymous sources"?

This is:

[Raster]

6. You do mean: Presumptuous Nominee?

There is a difference.

[SFnomad]

8. Yeah, the BS children have been telling us this the last couple days

They think they're cute. They're just in denial.

Secretary Clinton is the Presumptive Nominee.

[geek tragedy]

29. No, presumptive, as in the winner of the primary voting.

Doesn't matter if people who hate her guts accept it or not.

[Time for change]

7. It is disgusting

But there is something that I find much more disgusting than this:

The massive voter suppression (poll closings, voter purging, and changing registrations in closed primaries) and other election fraud in this year's Democratic primaries.

[leftynyc]

13. I see some people

still aren't ready to accept reality. Feel free to stamp your feet in frustration. It'll do every bit as much good as posting here will.

[Sheepshank]

15. Not sure that I have read anywhere she won the Democratic Primary. Hyperbolic noise=useless.

[imagine2015]

17. Have they declared Clinton the winner of the Presidential election yet?

[senz]

23. Boy, wouldn't THAT suppress voter turnout!!

[felix_numinous]

18. K&R

This election is definitely contested, it is not won.

[senz]

20. K&R -- She has NOT won. It was a dirty trick designed to suppress today's voter turnout.

To win the 2016 Democratic primary, a candidate must have 2,383 delegates.

As of June 6th, Hillary has 1,812 pledged delegates and Bernie has 1,526 pledged delegates. That's a difference of 286 delegates.

To reach 2,383 before the convention, Hillary would need 571 more pledged delegates and Bernie would need 857 more pledged delegates.

The states that vote today and the number of pledged delegates available from each:

CA -- 475
MT -- 21
NJ -- 126
NM -- 34
ND -- 18
SD -- 20

D.C. has 20 delegates and votes on June 14.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/delegate-targets/

It is virtually impossible for either candidate to reach 2,383 pledged delegates from the remaining states. Since the pledged delegates alone don't confer 2,383, the superdelegate votes at the convention will make up the difference and decide the nomination.

The AP announced last night that Hillary had "won," even though she hasn't. They made this announcement before the seven remaining primaries had been held. It will depress voter turnout and is an an act of sabotage.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

33. Wait, so if there's 714 delegates remaining,

and Bernie needs 857, wouldn't that make it a mathematical impossibility?

[senz]

39. It's impossible for EITHER candidate.

Read the facts and digest them.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

44. If neither candidate his 2,383 PDs, it's up the supers.

The supers have never swayed an election against the will of the people. The person with the most PDs wins.

And as far as Hillary hitting the mark with PD's, there's 714 remaining, she needs 570. It's mathematically possible, albeit not probable.

[LexVegas]

21. ...

[restorefreedom]

22. it just shows her weakness, that she needs the media to prop her

i mean, the dnc hasn't declared her the nom, it was the press, and before all states voted.

pathetic, really. like the kid who needs his big brother to walk him to school because he can't yet take care of himself.

she is a pathetic, weak, propped candidate.

nov. gonna be a bloodbath

#neverhillary
#bernieorbust
#fuckunity
#thirdworldgovernment

[geek tragedy]

28. .

[Jack Bone]

26. simply disgusting! nt

[geek tragedy]

27. No, but she will win it tonight, nt

[senz]

37. Neither candidate can reach 2383 delegates before the convention because

it's too close.

[MohRokTah]

32. Used to be a big fan of King, then he went over the top nuts. eom

[dana_b]

34. yesterday afternoon Alan Fram from AP was rounding up Supers:

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/740252636025348096

So then AP could be the outlet to declare FIRST!! Whoopee!! They were first - give them a cookie!
In the meantime they suppressed votes and shit on democracy.

[NCTraveler]

38. Yes, she has. nt.

[PepperHarlan]

41. He was an average quarterback

Couldn't care less about his political views.

[Tarc]

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