Il Douché and His Discontents: The 2016 Primary Voting Thread, Part 4

talking about britishers, why did the illustrator draw carson wearing a british tie here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/primaries/super-tuesday-preview/republican/

this "projected winner with 1% reporting" stuff is so weird

is that a british tie? it's just red stripes

for reference, cruz is wearing an american tie

xxpost when you lead by 50 percentage points, and the exit polls concur, it's fairly easy. such as how htey always call California in the last few elections minutes after the polls close

https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/704824251979726848

LOL alaska

who can blame them when they're floating way down in the middle of Mexico like that.

exit polls reportedly showing Kasich ahead in Vermont according to FiveThirtyEight

saying that 4 candidates might get delegates tonight if the cards fall right and that a lot of the races are closer than expected.

more interesting from a 'numbers geek' standpoint but hey i'm on a train this is my entertainment

they can see putin from there u know

in a shock to nobody, Georgia called for Trump.

get that Confederate vote

Not just from a numbers perspective. The more winners the less likely ppl drop out to help consolidate the field

We can't believe this classic troll! Putin moves "The Motherland Calls" statue to the Bering Strait, facing east!!

Why is Trump holding a press conference tonight? That seems unusual on a big primary night. Maybe this is the big "So long, suckers" moment he's been working up to all along.

Kidding, but I am perplexed. I read something about a big endorsement, but that doesn't go along with a press conference, does it? Maybe it has something to do with KKK damage-control.

i don't think trump does damage control, and certainly not on a night which seems likely to be a big win for him

maybe he's just gonna whip it out on live television cos why not at this point

I have no idea, but the Trump campaign promised a major announcement.

early veep announcement? i wouldn't put it past him.

i was just thinking that

ladies and gentlemen, Tila Tequila

I'm sure whatever it is will be underwhelming and stupid

xpost lol

maybe he's just gonna whip it out on live television

Thereby proving his hands really aren't that small after all.

oh man Virginia heating up

Not that it necessarily matters, but wouldn't Sanders leading in Oklahoma be a surprise? Clinton wins all the states that vote Republican in the general.

is rubio going to declare victory in virginia if he comes in second by single digits? the soft bigotry of low expectations?

xp not really, sanders has been winning white voters in most states (incl SC iirc??)

"it just goes to show you guys that if you work hard and apply yourself, you can get beaten by an old curmudgeonly white guy"

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please tell me the remaining 40% of Virginia is largely Beltway votes

Vermont reporting moving at a snails pace

538 had oklahoma as a toss-up

what else do they have to do tonight

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xpost yeah that apprently Cruz was slightly ahead in exit polls?

i meant on the dem side

oh

First MA results looking good for Sanders

i promise i am not trying to spin anyone with this comment: it seems to me like bernie needs to do significantly better in ok, mass places than just like 50/50 even if he collects a few more delegates bc hillary is winning lopsidedly in all these other states and most [all?] of them are apportioned proportionately

Yeah, tbh, I didn't know TX had almost 2.5 times as many delegates as MA.

The first 1% of the MA results are a lot better than 50/50, though, although it probably doesn't mean much yet.

i promise i am not trying to spin anyone with this comment: it seems to me like bernie needs to do significantly better in ok, mass places than just like 50/50 even if he collects a few more delegates bc hillary is winning lopsidedly in all these other states and most [all?] of them are apportioned proportionately

― Mordy, Tuesday, March 1, 2016 8:15 PM (3 minutes ago)

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bernie-sanders-doesnt-need-momentum-he-needs-to-win-these-states/

btw keep in mind that the first few percentage points of precints are pretty meaningless

Yeah, the numbers are already a lot more even.

yeah it all depends on the makeup of the earliest districts.

which sites are the best/most up to date reporting the returns? Washington Post is criminally behind CNN, but I haven't tried many others yet.

i've tried a bunch and CNN seems to be fine, plus they show them all on the same screen

You should all know that Hills is in Miami and she didn't invite me to her party.

https://twitter.com/skoczela/status/704839420579553280

you can "vote" "no preference" in MA?

Hope Trump runs the table except for Texas. I want to luxuriate in the full-scale Republican panic tomorrow, which will even eclipse anything thus far.

Kasich running behind Carson in any of these contests blows my mind

he's just trolling at this point. he himself even predicted a Trump sweep and was like "ahh mean I'm just here for the booze and tail".

ok maybe a little artistic license on the second half