2016 Postmortem

Lord Magus

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54. Huh? There's no such thing as a "statistical tie" in an actual ELECTION.

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 08:15 PM

Jun 2016

"Statistical tie" refers to an opinion poll where the result is inside the margin of error and thus it's possible that either candidate could actually be "winning." An election on the other hand doesn't have any margin of error. The vote count isn't the statistical extrapolation of a sample, it's the actual count.

Also if that "coin flips" comment was referring to the inaccurate reports of Hillary winning all the coin flips in Iowa? Nope, that was debunked within 24 hours of the caucus.

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US Uncut: How 107 Superdelegates Robbed 11 Million Democratic Voters [View all] hopemountain Jun 2016 OP

Still spinning, this is an opinion, not based on facts. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #1

the article is based on events, actions hopemountain Jun 2016 #2

Facts. boston bean Jun 2016 #13

8 statistical ties Skink Jun 2016 #26

Huh? There's no such thing as a "statistical tie" in an actual ELECTION. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #54

Statistical ties? That's a new one. Why don't you just call them moral victories. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #56

Facts are irrelevant to True Believers. June 16 is not, Hortensis Jun 2016 #52

USUncut is a Sanders-specific propaganda website. Not even Sanders' own staff believe this crap. MADem Jun 2016 #3

they didn't rob me. i'm in California and voted anyway CreekDog Jun 2016 #4

Thank you, and thank you for voting. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #5

no one said they were PREVENTED from voting. hopemountain Jun 2016 #6

NOBODY was disenfranchised. When you incorrectly use that term, you diminish REAL SFnomad Jun 2016 #14

voters were disenfranchised - hopemountain Jun 2016 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author SFnomad Jun 2016 #34

We weren't talking about any of those things SFnomad Jun 2016 #38

whatever happened in california the end result would have been unchanged beachbum bob Jun 2016 #32

The hue and cry from the Bernie campaign ... NanceGreggs Jun 2016 #55

Robbed, schrobbed...Batman has the only rational reply. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #60

What about Super-delegates in Clinton states that went to Sanders? lancer78 Jun 2016 #7

Oh come on, why would you want to bring rationality, statistics, and numbers into this?? kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2016 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Matt_R Jun 2016 #58

And percentage-wise lancer78 Jun 2016 #61

I have a question for you OP lancer78 Jun 2016 #8

this must be the latest brockian meme from people hopemountain Jun 2016 #30

You are lancer78 Jun 2016 #35

Lol! I also have a hard time feeling the same sympathy for college kids as I do for minorities kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2016 #37

Excellent point: "I also have a hard time feeling the same sympathy for college kids... Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #59

Bravo, thank you for putting this necessary article into an OP. senz Jun 2016 #9

You must be horribly offended by the result in Mississippi onenote Jun 2016 #19

Also funny they keep bringing up Washington State. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #42

Then we had a prinary in WA state and HIllary won. LisaM Jun 2016 #57

Cancel the votes of all the super delegates and Hillary still wins by a lot oberliner Jun 2016 #10

Bernie apparently wants to rob 16 million voters of the nomination CreekDog Jun 2016 #11

Clinton won among pledged delegates too Derdog Jun 2016 #12

Lol La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2016 #15

usuncut is rivaling Common Dreams for fantasy reading Tarc Jun 2016 #16

+ 1 JoePhilly Jun 2016 #31

... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #17

There is no rule, no matter how badly Sanders wants it to be, that supers Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #18

Grijlava himself jcgoldie Jun 2016 #22

OMG. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #25

The corrupt, anti-democratic superdelegate system needs to die. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #20

This is such an ignorant argument jcgoldie Jun 2016 #21

She was the chosen one farleftlib Jun 2016 #23

It's not Hillary or "TPTB" who want something other than elections to decide the nominee. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #41

usuncut -- lolz obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #24

More delusional thinking.HRC received the most pledged delegate vote. Lil Missy Jun 2016 #27

What Clintons have done to force this election felix_numinous Jun 2016 #28

You had SD's pledging to her before primaries even began pinebox Jun 2016 #33

If you are a serious candidate, you do the ground work and work at having allies. That is how kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2016 #39

There were NOT in fact "11 million Democrats waiting to vote." Lord Magus Jun 2016 #40

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #43

More CA Counties flipping for Bernie. hopemountain Jun 2016 #44

Counties mean nothing. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #48

Washington state Whimsey Jun 2016 #45

the WA dem "primary" votes do not count - hopemountain Jun 2016 #47

The WA Dem priamry doesn't count for pledged delegate allocation. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #50

Usuncut, lol, how's their page hit count trending? nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #46

Nope, she wins by every metric Pisces Jun 2016 #49

I hear what you're saying but you can't change the rules mid-stream underthematrix Jun 2016 #51

How dare they use the rules Bernie agreed to! CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #53