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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 06:55 PM Mar 2016

Delegate map made by Bernie Sanders camp unwittingly shows how impossible his chances are

Nothing wrong with being optimistic but also need to be honest and realistic.




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Delegate map made by Bernie Sanders camp unwittingly shows how impossible his chances are

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Delegate map made by Bernie Sanders camp unwittingly shows how impossible his chances are




By dailynewsbin | March 4, 2016




Bernie Sanders finds himself behind Hillary Clinton by hundreds of delegates after Super Tuesday, and that’s before even getting to the much discussed superdelegates. But Bernie’s supporters aren’t giving up so easily, despite nearly every statistical analyst suggesting that his chances are now slim to none. They’ve put together a delegate map which lays out a path to victory for him – but it’s full of impossible reversals and math from another planet.

The map in question has quickly become a viral meme on Facebook, as Bernie Sanders supporters have optimistically circulated it. But the trouble with the map begins when one observes that it requires Bernie to win Ohio by twenty percent, a state where current polls say he’s behind by fifteen percent, with just eleven days for this wholesale reversal of public opinion in the state to take place. Similarly impossible math can be found in a dozen other states.

This absurd projection map from Bernie supporters unwittingly shows why he can’t win:...................




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Delegate map made by Bernie Sanders camp unwittingly shows how impossible his chances are (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2016 OP
LOL Iliyah Mar 2016 #1
uhhh DemonGoddess Mar 2016 #2
68% of California and 75% of both Washington and Oregon? George II Mar 2016 #3
I want some rose colored glasses too comradebillyboy Mar 2016 #4
I love Bernie for highlighting the pbmus Mar 2016 #5
That map is not truthful. nt SunSeeker Mar 2016 #24
Pennsylvania? Treant Mar 2016 #6
Not just would NY MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #8
"We don't even have to discuss the morass of dark fantasy that is California." lol Cha Mar 2016 #11
Like a blind pig, Treant Mar 2016 #13
And, humble! Cha Mar 2016 #22
LOL. I'm stealing that future use, however unlikely it may be! SunSeeker Mar 2016 #25
Hillary won CA in 2008. Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #15
You get mirth, Treant Mar 2016 #19
See! LOL! Cha Mar 2016 #23
Looks like Team Sanders... yallerdawg Mar 2016 #7
I'm sure this was for the benefit of his donors. Otherwise, the cash stops flowing. n/t Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #9
Sheesh...nuts n/t fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #10
How fantastic is this? jmowreader Mar 2016 #12
Math isn't the strong suit in the Sanders campaign ismnotwasm Mar 2016 #14
No wonder the tone of the posts in GDP have taken on an even more fanciful tone. Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #16
LOL...If everything on that map came true...he would still lose... Kang Colby Mar 2016 #17
Jeebus. He got the delegate count for his own state wrong? SunSeeker Mar 2016 #26
More #berniemath wildeyed Mar 2016 #18
This is fantastic MSMITH33156 Mar 2016 #20
So the former Senator from New York is supposed to lose there Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #21
K&R nt fun n serious Mar 2016 #27
Yep...and every day Hillary's delegate lead grows. Sancho Mar 2016 #28
The math is against Sanders Gothmog Mar 2016 #29
Hillary is +29 in Illinois, Silver gives her a 99% chance of winning. charlyvi Mar 2016 #32
I just looked at that map again - two states are missing..... George II Mar 2016 #30
"Math from another planet" charlyvi Mar 2016 #31

Treant

(1,968 posts)
6. Pennsylvania?
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:12 PM
Mar 2016

No, he's gonna get skunked worse than that in PA.

And New York, just because Bernie was born in Brooklyn, is not going to abandon its Senator.

We don't even have to discuss the morass of dark fantasy that is California.

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)
8. Not just would NY
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:15 PM
Mar 2016

be abandoning it's Senator, but I'm going to assume that saying you're going to take down Wall Street won't go over well on Wall Street.

Treant

(1,968 posts)
19. You get mirth,
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:13 PM
Mar 2016

I get a slight case of indigestion. But I'm intolerant of bad math.

Sure, a vastly diverse state with tons of PoC is going to go Sanders. I can see it now.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
7. Looks like Team Sanders...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:12 PM
Mar 2016

sure likes them some superdelegates!

Only way to get to 2,382. Irony or hypocrisy? You be the judge!

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
12. How fantastic is this?
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:28 PM
Mar 2016

It requires him to take New York, North Carolina, Illinois and California - ALL states with heavy black populations, and Sanders doesn't poll well among blacks. Not sure how he polls among Asians, but he doesn't poll well with other minority groups and without Asian support he probably isn't going to get Washington.

 

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)
17. LOL...If everything on that map came true...he would still lose...
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:00 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie: 2372, Hillary: 2391

As per the article, Vermont has 16 delegates not 26 as depicted on the map.

Bernie math...LOL

Sancho

(9,070 posts)
28. Yep...and every day Hillary's delegate lead grows.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:29 AM
Mar 2016

On CNN today (March 6) they were saying Hillary has a bigger lead than Obama ever had in 2008.

Yesterday, Hillary extended her lead and she is above the target for a win, while Bernie is behind.

What's interesting is that there is no reason for "hope or change". Hillary has almost all the political endorsements, major newspaper endorsements, union endorsements. She has more money, a stronger organization, and young people are all down here with me for the next few weeks (spring break in Florida ).

At this point, it's good for Hillary to have some opposition so that she gets on TV and the voters register, and people have some excitement. It's also good to have someone to practice debating. In that sense, Bernie makes a good sparing partner so I hope he stays in for entertainment.

If Hillary becomes the first woman President, I predict DWS will go down historically as orchestrating a perfect win by running a primary with the right amount of competition: not too much but just right to GOTV.

Gothmog

(145,293 posts)
29. The math is against Sanders
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:48 AM
Mar 2016

If we add a couple hundred delegates to Vermont, Sanders would be closer. Sanders is down 11% in California and so it is very realistic for him to win by 37.5%

charlyvi

(6,537 posts)
32. Hillary is +29 in Illinois, Silver gives her a 99% chance of winning.
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 04:34 PM
Mar 2016

The primary is March 15. Good luck with that, Bernie.

George II

(67,782 posts)
30. I just looked at that map again - two states are missing.....
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:55 AM
Mar 2016

Those are the states of Denial and Depression.

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