RE: Why there is still hope for Senator Sanders
March 16, 2016 at 3:26 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2016 at 4:54 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
(March 16, 2016 at 2:50 pm)Irrational Wrote: I'm biased for Sanders, but come on, it's going to need a series of miracles (not just one miracle) for him to end up winning at the end. Not likely.
I agree with you, however, that Americans for Bernie should continue to go vote for him in the primaries if only to send them a clear message to the establishment and the elites.
Many of the upcoming states don't have recent polling. Sanders tied in Missouri and Ohio, so that's reasonable. Sanders is leading in Alaska and West Virginia, so that's something. Also, he's tied in Wisconsin and some polls have him up in Idaho. As more polling is needed that's all I got for now sadly.
But remember, he won in Michigan with the biggest upset in primary history. And, he was 10% down in Kansas and he went on to win Kansas by 35%. So I think there's still hope for Sanders. Sanders has been an underdog most of his life. Race isn't over until June 7th.
EDIT:
Just did some calculations:
Between now and the final primary, in Washington D.C., there are still 2020 pledged delegates up for grabs. In terms of pledged delegates only, Sanders is 306 pledged delegates behind Clinton. The states now favour Sanders demographically so I think there is still a race. He needs to obtain at least 57.6% of the upcoming pledged delegates to win in terms of pledged delegates. Super delegates can change at any time and will go to Sanders if he wins.
