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SANDERS LOOKING GOLDEN IN THE ONCE-GOLDEN STATE
Powerline ^ | FEBRUARY 28, 2020 | STEVEN HAYWARD

Posted on 02/28/2020 1:34:22 PM PST by Hojczyk

The Berkeley-IGS poll, overseen by my former office suite-mate pollster Mark DiCamillo, is out with new numbers today showing Bernie Sanders running away with the California primary next week, where 415 delegates are at stake:

Sanders is now the choice of 34% of likely voters in the primary, twice the support of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, his nearest rival who is preferred by 17%. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg receives 12% and former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is at 11%. Further back are former Vice President Joe Biden at 8% and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar at 6%. Another 5% of voters are supporting other candidates and 7% remain undecided.

The fractured nature of vote support for Sanders’ rivals has big implications with regard to how the state’s 415 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to the candidates. This is because under California’s delegate allocation rules a candidate must receive at least a 15% share of the vote statewide or within the state’s 53 congressional districts to be awarded delegates.

The most interesting wrinkle here is that Sanders is narrowly leading Warren right now in polls in Massachusetts, which also votes on Tuesday. It is thought that a Sanders win in Massachusetts would finish off Warren, since losing her own home state would be a large embarrassment. However, if these California poll results hold up, Warren will be the only other candidate to get any delegates out of California, which will give her a reason to stay in.

But the additional wrinkle is that because California’s results won’t come in until nearly midnight on the east coast, a Sanders win in Massachusetts will have both the TV and early-deadline print media hyping the fact that Warren has been dealt a fatal blow. Fun times!

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1 posted on 02/28/2020 1:34:22 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk
Golden?

He looks more RED to me.



2 posted on 02/28/2020 1:38:22 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Hojczyk

Golden shower.


3 posted on 02/28/2020 1:39:16 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Bon mots

In a state damn near buried in its own shit, its not surprising they are for this Communist idiot! Hell, they vote in Pelosi, too!


4 posted on 02/28/2020 1:44:01 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: Hojczyk

Is it too late to repeal the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?


5 posted on 02/28/2020 1:44:33 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: Hojczyk

More like “golden flow” state.


6 posted on 02/28/2020 1:46:39 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Hojczyk

Warren has to stay in so she can give Bernie her delegates in exchange for the VP slot—if she has enough delegates to help get him over 50% on the first ballot.

If the two of them sweep California delegates that will be a big step towards finishing off all the other candidates.

The Democratic establishment wanted to make CA more important in the primary season—and shot themselves in the head! Feel the Bern!


7 posted on 02/28/2020 1:46:51 PM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: Hojczyk

Mexifornia - all the beaners and illegals love Crazy Commie Bernie

they want their free shit - healthcare being #1.


8 posted on 02/28/2020 1:47:47 PM PST by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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Mexifornia - all the beaners and illegals love Crazy Commie Bernie they want their free shit - healthcare being #1.

They want the open borders.

9 posted on 02/28/2020 1:48:39 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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10 posted on 02/28/2020 1:48:46 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Hojczyk

Red Man Bad.


11 posted on 02/28/2020 1:48:56 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Hojczyk

Slo Joe @ 8% in CaliUnicornia.


12 posted on 02/28/2020 1:49:22 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: windsorknot

The gold has tarnished to “brown”. California, the brown state.


13 posted on 02/28/2020 1:49:23 PM PST by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: Hojczyk

In recent years, California has taken about three weeks after an election to produce final results. Some believe this is due to chicanery. In any event, if it’s a close election in California, we may not know for a while who really won, similar to how we may never know what really happened in Iowa.


14 posted on 02/28/2020 1:50:39 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: PGalt

Red Man evil.


15 posted on 02/28/2020 1:52:49 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Hojczyk

Sanders is now the choice of 34% of likely voters in the primary, twice the support of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, his nearest rival who is preferred by 17%

Warren will not be the nominee. Politically she is not much different than Bernie except I would enjoy having a beer with Bernie but would abhor such with Warren. She is a harsh and not very nice person and also a serial liar and charlatan. Those are her nice attributes.

As Warren fades her support will go to Bernie. Unless the democrat hierarchy steals the nomination from Bernie again he will be the nominee. It they do steal it again the Bernie voters will stay home with the exception of violence in the streets.

Yes, Bernie is golden in the nomination process of the democrat party. He is dead meat in the general election and this disaster will carry down ballot and the Dems will be crushed.

My post is almost exactly what James Carville has warned his party about. Odd that I am James are in agreement.


16 posted on 02/28/2020 1:57:16 PM PST by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: Hojczyk

California. Yes. Of course.


17 posted on 02/28/2020 2:05:37 PM PST by arthurus (Y|lio-l-5oo*/\>^)
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To: Bon mots

I went to youtube to listen to “The Internationale” just for giggles. The site displayed the red flag with hammer & sickle plus red star.

Nearly all the comments were pro-communist, pro-USSR, pro-Stalin, anti-American, etc. Scary.


18 posted on 02/28/2020 2:05:55 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Leep

You’re right. My bad. Thanks, Leep. : )


19 posted on 02/28/2020 2:12:55 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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It’s a bit surprising Poofter Pete is that far behind Mike.


20 posted on 02/28/2020 2:14:43 PM PST by gibsonguy
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