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Super Tuesday LIVE/PARTY POST!!

Mar 01, 2016 08:55

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ishi_chan March 1 2016, 14:09:57 UTC

Not American, so the differences in how you vote is always kind of interesting to me. I've only ever voted on paper (Austrian).

Also, I know it's silly but I kind of wish we got stickers for voting too lol

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ishi_chan March 1 2016, 14:20:33 UTC

The weird thing to me is how different it is even between counties, let alone between states!

Yeah, I didn't realize that for a long time in the US, how varied your laws are even re: (national) elections. I also only reaized that there was a difference between a primary and a caucus this year when The Good Wife did an episode on it lol It seemed very bizarre and (unnecessarily) outdated...

The 2000 debacle had the "hanging chads" issue, because those ballots were punch-card ballots,

Punchcards always seemed so weird to me bc I guess I feel like those things could also become detached accidentally? But if they didn't detach fully it seems like they're really almost solidly attached xDD

In general, with paper I'm always super nervous about SOMEHOW fucking up. I'm assuming the touchscreen method checks with you if you meant to check that particular option?

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calinewarkwc69 March 1 2016, 16:14:41 UTC

He's got good chances in all the states that aren't the south, lol. Idk much about American Samoa but fingers crossed!

cassiopeiaah March 1 2016, 16:26:11 UTC

I saw a poll that says he has a lead in Oklahoma?

calinewarkwc69 March 1 2016, 16:29:28 UTC

Yeah, a monmouth poll from yesterday.

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redstar826 March 1 2016, 14:24:08 UTC

American citizens living abroad are also voting right now. Sanders won the Wellington, New Zealand vote 21-6

beuk March 1 2016, 14:44:32 UTC

I am delighted by that factoid.

vvitchbaby March 1 2016, 17:53:01 UTC

he's also winning Japan so far (at least Tokyo)

simply_blah March 1 2016, 15:29:03 UTC

Time to go vote!

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simply_blah March 1 2016, 15:29:27 UTC

And that's really bigger than I thought it would be. Oops. Sorry.

calinewarkwc69 March 1 2016, 16:15:46 UTC

lol, yeah, my mom lives in NE Alabama at the base of the appalachians and she said she had to walk through a Trump chorus line to go vote for Bernie

moonshaz March 2 2016, 02:08:46 UTC

Awww, that pic is so cute! (And not too big at all, btw.)

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ishi_chan March 1 2016, 16:06:33 UTC

I think the targets are calculated based on target demographics of a particular state. So Rubio probably has a better chance of winning states later in the primary.

From 538:

"Rubio’s ideal path would rely on highly educated parts of the Mid-Atlantic, West Coast and Great Lakes regions. His path is heavily reliant on winner-take-all states later in the primary calendar."

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