Comments | omahas: Why California is the Key to the Democratic Primary

omahas

Why California is the Key to the Democratic Primary

May 21, 2016 13:33

[EDIT: So, all of the comments online about California being a winnter-take-all primary...only for the Republicans. Turns out that no one wants to talk about how the Democrat Primary is a proportional system by Congressional district. No statement on the California Secretary of State website, no statement on the California Democrats website. THAT'S ( Read more... )

california, delegates, 2016 primary, superdelegates, hillary clinton, progressive, politics, bernie sanders

Comments 5

aelfie May 22 2016, 02:51:12 UTC

Is California fully winner take all in the primaries? Or by district? I know it's winner take all for the election, but I'm not too sure about the primaries.

omahas May 23 2016, 19:09:34 UTC

As I mentioned in the edit at the top, I found out that it's a winner-take-all for the Republicans, a by-district for the Democrats. And finding out that information was very difficult and confusing.

aelfie May 23 2016, 22:31:42 UTC

Yea. Sorry Omaha. I had it open on my screen to reply, walked away, time passed, returned, made the comment...and THEN saw the edits. My goof.

anonymous May 24 2016, 02:39:03 UTC

Every state is proportional for the Democrats. That's why almost any lead at this stage is nearly impossible to overcome. Hillary certainly couldn't erase Obama's lead of right around 120 at this point in 2008, for example. Hillary's lead over Sanders is more than twice that. Sanders would need ridiculous margins in CA and NJ to even come close, meaning Hillary is almost certain to emerge on 6/14 with a clear majority of pledged delegates.

I understand the California Dreaming of Sanders fans. I wish no ill will. Math is math, but that's why they hold the elections.

anonymous May 24 2016, 08:36:53 UTC

I concur, Clinton learned the importance of propaganda and uses it to excess.