NV Caucus Results Thread (doors close at 2 CT)

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Biden will get 2nd after a strong alignment.

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Democratic party taken over by a communist. JFK rolling in his grave.

Socialism and communism are not the same thing.  Take a beginning political science class.

But socialism increases the chance of communism.
Getting lung cancer (socialism) and dying from cancer (communism) is not the same thing, I agree.

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A lot of NV voters think the $15/hr can really pass. Sad.

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According to Nate silver, Bernie won over very few Steyer/Warren realigners.

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If Sanders is that strong with Hispanics, he easily will win NV in a GE.

But probably lose a couple of big midwest states.

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Does Klobuchar drop out now?

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A 2nd in NV and a 1st in SC. Biden is back in the ballgame.

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Why are Latinos so pro-Bernie? Does anyone have a serious answer besides tHeY aRe DiSpRoPoRtIoNaTeLy YoUnG? That's not enough to explain these numbers. This is like Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton with the Black vote.

The minimum wage vote.

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https://twitter.com/ChrisBarrett/status/1231345694599811073

Sanders voted against comprehensive immigration reform, and his M4A and Green New Deal proposals are so expensive and far-fetched that they are far less likely to get passed than the plans of other candidates.  Meaning on all three of her issues, Sanders is the least likely candidate to actually enact positive change.

So I personally find a good number of Sanders' plans somewhat unrealistic, but one of Trump's major campaign points was also unrealistic (building a big beautiful wall along the Mexican border AND Mexico will pay for it).  

All I'm saying is that I'm not sure how much "unrealistic plans" affect whole-scale voting in today's political climate, though it might be different for Republicans vs. Democrats.  

The wall though costs around 50 billion while Bernie’s plan costs more than 60 trillion . Trump actually could have got the wall passed if he wanted to but it’s just that he likes it more as a political issue rather than a policy one

Well, The GOP wants to build a wall, while Bernie wants everyone to be covered by healthcare insurance, takes care of the climate and incentivize millions of workers with a new deal, and while the GND costs a lot, it will also be good for the economy and yield earnings. Climate change should be no.1 priority. Scale back military costs, and increase tariffs, taxes on the rich and multinationals and we have the money.

I agree it isn't likely to be enacted, but sometimes a presidency is about prestige rather than ideas. Sanders as president would be a political revolution, which will dramatically change the Democratic Party, inspire young people, expand the progressive caucus and that's what we want.

64 trillion over 10 years isn’t at all possible though

I want to point out current spending is around $4 trillion a year and tax receipt is around $3.5 trillion.
$6.4 trillion additional spending per year cannot be done without massive tax increases.