I’m on call all night for the station, writing the half hourly updates for the DJs to read live, but I enjoy that I am doing that at home in my pajamas and the stream makes me feel like I’m at a chill nerd party.
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So is my man Bernie in trouble here? Or still early days with the thousands of delegates left? Or has momentum swung to Biden?
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Sanders is in trouble. This is the big night that matters.
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oh no.
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Yeah it’s not looking good for a clear Sanders win.
It’s currently not even looking good for a brokered convention with Sanders with a plurality.
Here’s my most recent update:
Former Vice President Joe Biden is sweeping the southern states - he has won the Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee primaries.
Senator Bernie Sanders is trailing Biden in delegates, and has won primaries in his home state, Vermont, and in Colorado.
Tonight delegates for the national convention, not votes, are what matters. The two states with the greatest amounts of delegates up for grabs are California and Texas, which are still too early to call.
Polls are closing at 8PM in California, where technical issues with the statewide voter registration database are causing long lines.
Texas also saw long lines today, and with just 17% of precincts reporting, Biden and Sanders are tied, each capturing 20 delegates.
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So Biden has won all of the black-majority states, which is his strength. Sanders has strength with Latino voters, who are the majority of minority voters in Texas and california, which have the most votes.
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Is Biden’s popularity with African American voters due to his VP to Obama years?
Even though there’s talk of Sanders carrying a large vote in Texas and California, I just don’t see it happening. The people that would vote for him in November aren’t the people voting in primaries.
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I will say that turnout is THROUGH THE ROOF compared to primaries usually.
My 60-year-old black friend said “hey, the black voters have too much at stake. We don’t have room for any risks. No socialists, no woman presidents. We have to beat trump with a known quantity.”
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That makes sense.
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I’m a little heart broken over Warren, gotta say.
I am starting to believe there’s no woman that is qualified enough, smart enough, “likeable enough”, “radical enough” to satisfy american voters.
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This is awesome!
Incidentally I voted in my first primary today 
(we haven’t had them since I moved here)
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Yeah the bias against non-male candidates at that level is pretty dismal.
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This might be mildly interesting to some, here is the local coverage I’m following. From our national broadcaster (fairly apolitical - well a fair slant to the left to be honest) but federally funded station.
I’m enjoying the use of gifs and trying to explain the process to us.
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I love this!
I am rarely a fan of US-based news (a side effect of only getting Canadian channels for a long time) and this is thoroughly enjoyable.
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Ugh. Biden grates on me almost as much as Trump. I remember hearing all this talk about how he was some gifted debater, this elder statesman figure, during the first Obama election and then actually hearing him speak and experiencing complete cognitive dissonance.
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Well, all my hope that we were looking at structural reform in financial systems or health care or student loans went out the window tonight. Biden candidacy, trump 2nd term I expect.
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I cant “heart” this
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The single reaction option is lacking. I’d “hug” that post though.
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