Washington Primary results thread (both parties; “polls close” at 11pm ET)

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Wow. Looks like Cheatin' Bernie's stole another state! Talk about a rigged system!!

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I wonder how many anti-caucus folks would still be making their case of Hillary did better in caucuses than primaries. Anyway, yeah, caucuses are problematic, but so are these pointless votes. A contested primary (which would have to be open, in this state) would probably be a 15-20% Bernie win.

The candidate I supported won all but one caucus in 2008. I still think they should be abolished.

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Also why did she do better in Washington's primary than Oregon's?

Because Bernie people didn't care and didn't bother to vote.

Except that like three times as many people voted for Bernie today than did at the caucus.

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So which state will put Trump over 1,237?

I think he's at about 1200 tonight, if you count the uncommitted delegates and the PA delegates who are publicly supporting him. So as soon as NJ closes he should go over 1237.

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It looks like this could end up being pretty damn close. I'm wondering if they maybe jumped the gun a little on calling it.

Nah. Sanders only shrunk the margin from 7.26% to 5.9%. In terms of raw votes the difference went from ~50k to ~42.5k

There are ~111,000 ballots left to be counted, ~80,000 of which come from King and Shnomish counties. Spokane has ~7,000 left, Skagit ~5,000. Everywhere else is at <= ~3,000 left.

Well then let me be the first to say: THANK YOU WASHINGTON!