The After-MATH: West Virgina
Greetings, my friends! Firstly, I want to offer my condolences to the Clinton campaign and to the corporate media because — as I’m sure you all have heard, by now — a fire of hope has berned across West Virginia and the preliminary reports all confirm that both the media’s narrative and Clinton’s false sense of security were badly damaged in the blaze. This is because Clinton walked away with a mere 36% of the vote tonight and Democratic Party officials fear that these fires may already be spreading both to Oregon and Kentucky and some estimate that they, too, will soon be entirely engulfed with berning flames by the evening of May 17th.
Now, let’s take a deeper look at the math and at what today means for us — but, this time, it’s going to take us a few extra steps because, as many of you have probably noticed, there is a piece of the puzzle missing. Fear not! I shall now use the power of numbers to cut through the confusion…†
So — Why don’t the totals add up!?
An excellent question! You may have noticed that Sanders’ and Clinton’s total percentages don’t add up to 100% — take a look:
Sanders | 51.4%
Clinton | 36.0%
51.4 + 36 = 87.4
So, what gives? The missing piece in this puzzle is that, in West Virginia, there were several other candidates for the democratic nomination — other than Clinton and Sanders, there were also options for Martin O’Malley (remember him? He seemed nice…), Roque De La Fuente, Paul Farrell Jr., and a fellow named Keith Judd. Don’t worry, I’ve never heard of them either. Well, except for Mr. O’Malley, of course. Anyway, between the three of them, they somehow netted about 12% of the vote today, in West Virginia. To paraphrase the Sand-Man, himself — there are a lot of surprises in politics.
more: https://johnlaurits.com/2016/05/11/the-after-math-west-virgina/
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