Democratic KY / OR primary results thread (first polls close at 6pm ET)

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Ugh, so I had to turn in the moment the lead switched?
Sanders can still win if he gets a strong performance in Lexington.

Spoiler alert: He won't.  Sanders will lose Fayette County (Lexington) by about 4,000 votes when the AP finally updates the county, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Just reported. It is 3,000, not 4,000.

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Back to being very close, though, of course, Jefferson is still outstanding.

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The margin is 28 votes!

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Sanders is ahead by 126, but almost all that is left is Jefferson.

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Does anyone have a list of which counties aren't 100% in yet?

Besides Jefferson it is, it seems, mostly Henderson and Warren.

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As a Clinton supporter, it annoys/concerns me how much rural and Conservative Democrats have abandoned her in Appalachia. Why would they vote for a socialist anyway? They don't agree with his policies certainly.

I think the actual question should be, why have so many rural and small town Democrats feel that the Democratic Party has abandoned them?

I spent much of my life in small town and rural Oregon and recall vividly how many lifelong Democrats in Southern Oregon, including many union members in Coos and Douglas county, felt that the Democratic president (Clinton) was taking the side of radical environmentalists versus working people.

Needless to say, the Timber industry and local Republican politicians tried to present the argument as jobs versus the environment, rather than talk frankly about the actual economic situation and why the logging and mill jobs were disappearing.

I see many similarities between the decline of the Timber industry in the PacNW and what is happening currently within Coal Country.

And quite frankly, these are parts of the country where the Unions came in after several generations of blood, sweat, and tears and " Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red" doesn't actually hold water with the history of the IWW, ILWU, UMWA, etc...

Socialist is a word that the company bosses and operators have been throwing around for a 100 years in many parts of the country to describe anyone that is a Union Man.

Especially with Clinton and Trump as the symbols of what their parties stand for, the Democratic party and the Republican party are increasing the upscale and downscale parties respectively. Democrats are the party of the cosmopolitans, the professional class, the white collar voters. Republicans are the party of the blue collar, non-college educated, poor rural America.

I think, it can be formulated more clearly. Democratic Party is, increasingly, the party of diversity. Republican Party is the party of homogeneity.

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Sanders is over 1,000 votes ahead. Still waiting for Jefferson.

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Sanders is over 1,000 votes ahead. Still waiting for Jefferson.

Where are you looking? NYT has him up 216 votes.

CNN. Though NYT is also showing this now.

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Where have all those new Bernie votes been coming from?

Warren and Henderson have reported in full or nearly so. Though Henderson was marginally for Clinton, Warren was not. Also, the few remaining counties in the east had come in very much for Sanders. Pretty much all that is left is Jefferson.

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Where have all those new Bernie votes been coming from?

Pike county

Ah, missed that one.

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NYT is still just giving us initial results for Barren.  McCracken and Jefferson appear to be all that's left.

Well, 2 in Warren, 4 in Kenton are also out. What else?

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Jefferson County-only results:
http://elections.jeffersoncountyclerk.org/zeroresults-1.htm

Suggest Clinton would be gaining a net of about 3,500 votes. Enough for a very narrow win.

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I am not sure this is over yet. What is left in Jefferson? Will it go for Clinton?

4 precincts. Changes nothing.

A few precincts have just come in, cutting the lead to under 2,000. But there is, it seems, simply not enough left to change much at this point.

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Yeah, only 13 precincts left statewide. Lead is just under 1,900 votes.

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For some reason, Pike votes taken out of the total. What is going on?

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Oregon time!

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Have Oregon polls closed or they do in an hour? I'm confused.

I believe they just have.

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Many news organizations don't make a call if there's a possibility of a recount.

Do you think there will be a recount?

For what? It does not affect delegate allocation.

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NYT isn't giving the precinct numbers.  Grrrr.

they do not have precincts.

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Marion glitched out at 98-2 Sanders.

This has to be a glitch?

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Marion glitched out at 98-2 Sanders.

This has to be a glitch?

CNN has corrected this to 50/50.

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Sanders will win, but it will not be a big win. 1-1 close split for the night. A low single-digit gain in delegates for Sanders?