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Henhouse

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Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:11 PM Apr 2016

Fact Checker Is Hillary Clinton really ahead of Bernie Sanders by 2.5 million votes? UPDATE w/WY.

By Glenn Kessler April 6

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/04/06/is-hillary-clinton-really-ahead-of-bernie-sanders-by-2-5-million-votes/

Fact Checker
Is Hillary Clinton really ahead of Bernie Sanders by 2.5 million votes?


Update: Unofficial results indicate that Sanders reduced the vote margin by about 130,000 votes with his victory in Wisconsin.

The Pinocchio Test

Despite the suspicions of the Sanders supporter, the fact that caucus results are not included in the popular vote tally does not appear to make much of a difference in the final result. Despite overwhelming victories in caucus states such as Washington and Maine, Sanders gains only about 130,000 votes. That means Clinton is ahead by 2.4 million votes, rather than 2.5 million votes. Given rounding — and the fact that caucus numbers are only estimates — the difference is slight enough that Clinton’s claim, made before the Wisconsin vote, earns a rare Geppetto Checkmark.
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Fact Checker Is Hillary Clinton really ahead of Bernie Sanders by 2.5 million votes? UPDATE w/WY. (Original Post) Henhouse Apr 2016 OP
And, that's a BIG Geppetto Checkmark for TRUE... Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #1
2.4 Since WI Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #3
Uh-oh Trenzalore Apr 2016 #2
 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
1. And, that's a BIG Geppetto Checkmark for TRUE...
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:18 PM
Apr 2016


Yes, indeedy, she has 2.5 million more popular votes than St. Bernardo, and all the whining in the world won't change that FACT or that MATH!



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