Democratic WV primary + NE fake contest results thread (1st polls close @7:30ET)

[cinyc]

So...why is Nebraska holding a beauty contest when we already have Bernie with the W there?

Because some state parties seem to like throwing money out the window. Washington is holding one too.

Most of the later states like Nebraska are holding their regularly scheduled full primaries at this time.  There is more on the Nebraska (and West Virginia) ballot than just the Presidential race.  That the Democratic Party of Nebraska decided to hold a caucus earlier to increase their influence in the race is irrelevant to whether today's primary would have been held.

[cinyc]

The Nebraska "primary" is just a gigantic waste of time and funds. If you want to have a primary, then get rid of the caucus and have a biding primary. Otherwise just stick to the caucus.

Again, Nebraska is holding a full primary with other offices on the ballot.  It costs virtually nothing to include the presidential race on the ballot with the other offices. 

The arguable waste of funds is the Nebraska caucus, but the party thought it was worth the cost of holding an early caucus to get more influence in the Democratic primary.

[cinyc]

62% of Dems who want "less liberal policies" voted Sanders lol

Trying to understand this. Cross over voters?

Conservative Democrats who remain Democrats because it's the only way to cast a meaningful vote in many state and local races.

[cinyc]

Clinton over 60% in Nebraska early.

Nebraska Dems are not voting today. Only Reps.

Nope. There's a beauty contest there

beauty contest?

There's also a primary, but the caucus is what counts for the delegates.

Interesting. I don't quite get the sense of this. It seems like a waste of time and money.

The Nebraska primary is being held no matter what.  It's the statewide primary for all offices, and there are other races on the ballot.  It's only non-binding on the Democratic side because the Democrats decided to hold a binding caucus earlier.  Which of those is the true waste of money, the primary that's going to happen anyway, or the totally optional caucus.

This is true of a lot of the late states, BTW - the presidential race isn't the only race on the primary ballot.  It's the statewide primary for all offices.

[cinyc]

Kanawha County flips to Sanders.

Putnam County, too.  That leaves Clinton up in Jackson County on the Ohio River, and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in the Eastern Panhandle.  Jackson will likely flip to Sanders when more of the election day vote is counted.  The Eastern Panhandle counties, on the other hand, could remain Clinton.  They're D.C. exurbs.

[cinyc]

I bet Hillary has a good chance of winning in my state.

Sanders is holding rallies on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and in Rapid City on Thursday.

[cinyc]

Jackson County flipped to Sanders, leaving Berkeley as the lone Clinton holdout.  Sanders is within 0.4 points there, so it will likely flip, too.  It looks like a clean county sweep for Sanders in WV.

[cinyc]

Clinton is in third place in Mingo County, WV, with all precincts reporting.  Assuming the early vote has also been counted, Farrell beat her there.

[cinyc]

Berkeley County flipped to Sanders, giving him a clean sweep of the WV counties reporting so far.

[cinyc]

Farrell is at 14% in WV-3.  Can he crack 15%?  If so, would he pick up a delegate?

[cinyc]

Farrell is at 14% in WV-3.  Can he crack 15%?  If so, would he pick up a delegate?

He's at 13.508%, which just barely rounds up to 14%. It would be a stretch for him to make up an extra percent and a half with 78% reporting.

With 88% reporting, he's up to 13.595%. Not quite enough.

Yeah, McDowell County didn't turn out as much for Farrell as it would have had to for him to pick up a delegate.