2020 US Election (Part One)

[amadeus]

Five Thirty Eight has shifted their forecast a lot lol https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

At this stage I’m liking the one in the #2 spot. I may even donate to their campaign.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

At this stage I’m liking the one in the #2 spot. I may even donate to their campaign.

I received the first 15 virtue signals just fine, thanks ;-)

 

[Berzerker]

Bernie's coming back, last I saw he was down 26.2 to 26.1 with 97% counted

 

[Kyriakos]

It's not even a second spot, since Bernie (at 97% of the rigged vote posted) is at 546 to Butty's 550:

https://results.thecaucuses.org/

Which means he may even win the rigged vote. And then there's the actual highly likely rigging

I am also inclined to suspect he would have gotten 0.1% more points had he actually been able to campaign on the ground in Iowa. But DNC priorities are what they are, namely stop Bern even if it means four more years of Trump.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

hE wAs RoBbeD

(it really does suck though, no doubt)

 

[Ironsided]

I feel this Iowa stuff is overblown and won't matter at all in a short while.

Now there's a surprise. That's exactly what the party wants.

 

[amadeus]

I received the first 15 virtue signals just fine, thanks ;-)

No need to take it with any degree of seriousness. I’m just joking around until they finish up Hillary Clinton’s illustration to put in there.

 

[Kyriakos]

I recall how the first thing said in Nbc when they expected (lol) the results, two days ago, was that "first we will see the popular vote, which doesn't mean anything" (cause delegates are counted by multiplying a smaller number with the vote of the urban areas). Some people just cannot hide what they are even if they try
So, either way, rigged or not, Bernie won massively in the actual vote; even if he loses by 0.1% in the delegates this is due to the Iowa caucus system being garbage.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Now there's a surprise. That's exactly what the party wants.

If I had a nickel for every time I got called a sheeple....

 

[adcarrymaokai]

Absolute farce. These people think we are stupid? Do they think we will get discouraged? Nah. I never thought I would ever do this in my life, but I am going to donate to Sanders and maybe even go knock on doors for him. The establishment absolutely HATES him, but I am ready to pick up a torch and burn the establishment down. Fight me :0

 

[Samson]

Mainstream Media.

You know that in the medical field, MSM is doctor shorthand for "man who has sex with men"? I find it hard to convert while reading.

 

[Morty]

People just don't shut up about Liverpool F.C. these days.

True - but it did get very boring a looonnnggg time ago!

 

[ThERat]

Who here thinks, that the results would still not be complete, if anyone but Bernie had won? This is utterly ridiculous. 2 days and you cant count all votes? This is a true banana republic...amazing

 

[Kyriakos]

Obviously there was rigging. Even so, at 97% (lol), Bernie is just 0.04 points behind in delegates. In other words he must be something like 10% up in actual votes, but the delegate system is anti-democratic in the first place.
I suspect that after 100% is posted there will be statements about fraud.

Very "surprising" that the DNC released the results of a handpicked (?) 60%, where Butt was 4 points ahead, and now he may even lose delegate-wise. Disgusting

 

[Fippy]

Yup, people should stand up for Bernie and against the rich, powerhungry front that has taken over your country.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Wow, Bernie is in shambles, falling all the way into the lead and Pete is rising from first to second.

 

[adcarrymaokai]

Wow, Bernie is in shambles, falling all the way into the lead and Pete is rising from first to second.

Biden is at fourth, but a very strong fourth!

 

[Sommerswerd]

Wow, Bernie is in shambles, falling all the way into the lead and Pete is rising from first to second.

That's the buzz of the day. MSNBC was discussing this morning how with the remaining absentee/"satellite" vote that is still yet to be counted, Bernie still has a decent chance to overtake Bootyjudge, not just in the popular vote, but in the actual delegate count as well, making him the official winner in Iowa. Some of the commentators seemed to be actively rooting for Bernie to overtake him, which bolsters my feeling that if and when Bernie becomes the clear frontrunner, the news media is going to rally behind him.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

lol 538 has Bernie now as the favorite in all but two states.

 

[amadeus]

I wonder how they do their modeling and simulations to come up with those guesses. It'll be interesting to look at how they fared after the results are in from some of the states. Hopefully they don't bungle it like Iowa--I want to see the results the day of too!