Super Tuesday has come and gone. The results were predicted beforehand, that Hillary Clinton would win the majority of the pledged delegates. Clinton has a lead of around 200 pledged delegates, not counting her lead among super delegates.
Sanders has touted that he would bring millions of new voters into the election, he has not been successful, as of yet. He is also losing the popular vote. As of March 2, 2016: Clinton 3,910,109 to Sanders 2,525,293: Clinton +1,384,816 (R.C.P.).
Bernie Sanders:
"What that revolution is about is bringing millions of millions of people into the political process. Working people who have been so disillusioned, they no longer vote. Young people who have never been involved," Sanders said Tuesday evening in his victory speech in Vermont.”
March 8th and 15th will be here soon and Hillary holds enormous leads. 1,100 plus delegates will be up for grabs in 12 primaries. Sanders would need to win with large percentages in each state, if he is to overtake Clinton. Sanders has failed to win over African American voters. This has been part of the reason or I guess really the main reason he is losing. He has not been able to identify with or the A.A. community has not been able to identify with him. He has been winning the youth vote, but Super Tuesday it did not translate to wins in the delegate rich states.
538. Com has Hillary’s chance of winning in these states by large percentages:
- Ohio, 94%
- Florida, 99%
- Illinois, 99%
- Michigan, 98%
- Miss., 99%
- North Carolina, 96%
These numbers don’t look good for Sanders. They will be tough to overcome; if not impossible.
From 538.com.
‘This lead is pretty much insurmountable. Democrats award delegates proportionally, which means Sanders would need to win by big margins in the remaining states to catch up. He hasn’t seen those kinds of wins outside of his home state of Vermont and next-door New Hampshire.’
Sanders has indicated that he will stay in until the convention. Is it the right thing to do? No, it isn’t, he should not stay in; my opinion. Hillary stayed in until June of 2008; many thought that was too long; including me. Sanders’ staying in after March 15 is too long as well. We need to pivot to the general election after the March 15 primaries. We need to start trying to discredit Trump, not Clinton.
From David Wasserman
That’s a huge head start for Clinton, and it means Sanders would need to win roughly 55 percent of the 4,295 remaining pledged delegates and uncommitted superdelegates to reach a bare majority, while Clinton would only need to win 45 percent. That’s an extremely tall order, and so far Sanders hasn’t kept pace.
From 538.com.
‘Sanders, perhaps not surprisingly, has indicated that he’ll continue to fight for votes across the country. But for every win he may get in mostly white states, Clinton will be marching toward the nomination with likely victories in states such as Michigan and Florida. The math indicates that Clinton eventually will win the nomination with relative ease.’
We are going to need to pull together to defeat the Republican Party, whose nominee will most likely be Trump. Hopefully they will have a brokered convention and all hell will break lose. Trump will run third party and whoever else that is dismissed will stay in and the clown car will continue. Which I hope will give democrats an overwhelming victory, come November.
We need to make sure we get out the vote, staying home isn’t an option; unless you want Donald Trump as your president. Several here at Daily Kos that say they will not, no matter what, vote for Clinton. That cannot stop us from doing our best to make the case for Hillary. Bernie Sander’s, I am sure will endorse Hillary Clinton; I hope his followers will follow suit. This election cannot be lost. We have to stay strong; we must stay focused, never give up, and fight for every vote. for Hillary R. Clinton, the next President of the United States.