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Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:43 AM Feb 2016

So are we comfortable with them sort of pausing at 94% total vote count....

.... with basically a dead heat?

Why is it taking so long for the last 6% to be reported?

And.... who actually supervises the count? i.e. Iowa DEM Party? Nat'l DEM Party? Elected public officials? Non-partisan civil servants?

Hmmmm... it's taking a long time.

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So are we comfortable with them sort of pausing at 94% total vote count.... (Original Post) Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 OP
Fuck if I know. SamKnause Feb 2016 #1
It's at 97% - .3% difference. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2016 #2
Let's toss some more coins Blue Owl Feb 2016 #3
Nope. I smell hanging chads. NowSam Feb 2016 #4
That comes to mind, esp. with an ungracious entitlement power speech. appalachiablue Feb 2016 #9
I agrree MissDeeds Feb 2016 #13
It's baffling to me, too. nt valerief Feb 2016 #5
So when do the O'Malley voters decide to choose Hillary or Bernie? jalan48 Feb 2016 #6
I'm wondering this too retrowire Feb 2016 #7
If it were to happen in the middle of the night it would be interesting............ jalan48 Feb 2016 #8
I'm hoping CoffeeCat will check in and perhaps...... Capt.Rocky300 Feb 2016 #10
Umm...Why is anybody declaring winning or losing at this point? Nyan Feb 2016 #11
It is a Virtual Tie~ A big blow to Hillary Pharaoh Feb 2016 #12
But not the knockout blow that it (a narrow defeat in Iowa) followed by.... Smarmie Doofus Feb 2016 #16
Waiting to see how many votes HRH needs for a win? in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #14
NO!!! MaynardGeeKrebs Feb 2016 #15

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
9. That comes to mind, esp. with an ungracious entitlement power speech.
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:55 AM
Feb 2016

There are many hours, hands and minds to manage matters for the final process and decision. No pundits addressed anything about the effort tomorrow involving the remaining .6%.

Capt.Rocky300

(1,005 posts)
10. I'm hoping CoffeeCat will check in and perhaps......
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:55 AM
Feb 2016

enlighten us. He/she was certainly correct on how the early results from rural areas would go for HRC and the count gradually tilting towards Bernie as the college and urban areas were counted.

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
11. Umm...Why is anybody declaring winning or losing at this point?
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 01:58 AM
Feb 2016

it hasn't been counted 100%.
I'm sorry, but this reminds me of FOX declaring George Bush win in 2000.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
16. But not the knockout blow that it (a narrow defeat in Iowa) followed by....
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:50 PM
Feb 2016

.... what will likely be double-digit drubbing next Tuesday in NH....would very likely have portended.

I can't help but wonder what took the last 6% of the results to come in. It seemed like it took forever. Stuck at 94%.

Kornickie (MSNBC) was babbling excitedly that most of the outstanding precincts were in Clinton-friendly territory but never clued us in on what was taking so long.

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
14. Waiting to see how many votes HRH needs for a win?
Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:06 AM
Feb 2016

It's a tie, so BERNIE WON! No matter how she spins it! He was suppose to lose to Ms. Inevitable and he didn't lose! He goes into NH very strong and HRH is WEAK.

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