What result on 4/26 would convince you that it's over for Bernie?

Politics & Elections
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I think it’s over for him now, but there’s still a few posters who think he can turn this thing around. He’s down by 237 pledged delegates and as a result needs to win the remaining contests by an average of around 17 points. I see a few contests coming up where he can meet or exceed that threshold, but not nearly enough.

Five states have primaries on 4/26 (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island) with 384 pledged delegates up for grabs. If you believe Sanders still has a chance, how many delegates does he need to win on 4/26 for you to keep believing? Is there a number of delegates won that would convince you that it’s over?

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He’s got a fork sticking out of him already. It’s done.

But I’m still going to vote for him in the CA primary!!

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I reported this thread for forum change. I meant to put it in Elections. I hope the moderate acts before Pit language makes the move impossible.

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You never know where Miller is, so I moved it.

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Thanks

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Sanders can’t “turn it around,” but neither is it “over” for him. He will stay in until the convention, using his bully-pulpit to push the Overton Window left. This does not end in July and it does not end in November and it does not end when HRC is inaugurated in January. Sanders will never be POTUS, but the next POTUS after Clinton will be more like him than her politically. That is the point of all this.

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And Trump is moving the Overton Window too! We never talked about banning Muslims until this election! America is gonna have the biggest goddamn Overton window in the world! So even if neither of them is president, we all win! USA! USA!

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For all practical purposes, Bernie is already done. If he doesn’t win Pennsylvania, however, he is completely cooked.

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The only thing that would convince me it’s over is if he gave a concession speech, or was mathematically eliminated.

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Yeah, the “Overton Window” is gonna look like like those on the front of Sak’s 5th Avenue if we’re going by this election.

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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

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If the sun sets in the west that night, it’s over for Bernie.

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I’m so disgusted with Sanders at this point I certainly hope we never have a POTUS like him. I’ll take some of his ideas just fine but we can do without a left wing tea party president.

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Will you count being mathematically eliminated inclusive of committed superdelegates?

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No, actually, still a much narrower one than in most democracies – but, significantly wider than it was before. And, yes, that does mean we all win.

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Do you remember what the superdelegates did last time Hillary ran for president?

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We can. But America can’t do without a left-wing tea party party.

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It’s over, he knows it. He’s working on an exit strategy. He doesn’t have to concede, but he knows that Hillary will be increasing her lead and he won’t have a credible argument to take to the convention. He has to find the way to cash in on his achievement within the party now. After the election is over he’ll be persona non grata at the White House.

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Started switching their preference as Obama won both the popular vote and the pledged delegate counts. Which has nothing at all to do with the situation this year.

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Yup. As the pledged race started to move relatively more solidly in one direction, Obama’s, (much less than the lead Clinton now has) they moved en masse along with them, deciding the race without the pledged delegate numbers clinching it. Once the Obama crossed the line with pledged plus superdelegates Clinton conceded. The superdelegate move to him began in February and continued.

Do you remember?