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

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

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.

Keep in mind that although Democrats have lost much of the rural vote in the South, they gained the rural vote in New England and have mostly retained their hold on rural areas in the upper-Midwest.  I believe eastern Oregon has always been generally favorable to Republicans but is now outvoted by Portland and surrounding areas, right?

[ag]

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.

[Boston Bread]

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

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

NYT is usually slightly behind. They're at Sanders up 1000 now.

[Fusionmunster]

Where have all those new Bernie votes been coming from?

Pike county

[ag]

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.

[john cage bubblegum]

Pike County dumping the rest of its precincts gives Sanders 1,000 vote lead.  Now pretty much all remaining vote is in Jefferson.  Looks like a razor thin Clinton win, unless Jefferson surprises us.

[ag]

Where have all those new Bernie votes been coming from?

Pike county

Ah, missed that one.

[cinyc]

52% of the remaining precincts are Jefferson County. Almost certain Clinton win.

But of those 136 Jefferson County precincts, 25 are in HD-33 and 22 are in HD-48, neighboring house districts in the more suburban, white (and Asian) part of Jefferson County.  14 precincts are in HD-41, which includes African-American precincts south of downtown.  The rest, I can't tell, because there weren't primaries in every HD.

This, of course, assumes that the precincts outstanding in Kentucky House races also outstanding in the presidential race.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

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

[ag]

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?

[cinyc]

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

[ag]

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.

[Fusionmunster]

Just updated, they should be calling it soon.

[IceSpear]

Clinton wins!

[/]

Ohp, Jefferson just came in. Clinton up 2000.

[LLR]

Rocky de la Fuente earned more votes than Rand Paul in Paul's home state.

#DeLaFuentum

[john cage bubblegum]

Jefferson dumps its votes!  Clinton wins Kentucky. 

[Illiniwek]

Boom baby!!!

[catographer]

Kentucky is ready for Hillary!

[MasterJedi]

Take that Sanders!

Now if a hilarious upset could happen in Oregon (yeah, I know, not going to happen).

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Mannnn I'm gonna miss primary season. So exciting and intense.

[Illiniwek]

Take that Sanders!

Now if a hilarious upset could happen in Oregon (yeah, I know, not going to happen).

#Believe

"What if....(whispers) West Virginia was the last state Bernie Sanders won...what if?"

[Maxwell]

F THIS ELECTION MAP

I MEAN SERIOUSLY

[IceSpear]

fwup fwup fwup

So hideous. First RI, now WV.

[cinyc]

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.

Two of the four remaining Jefferson precincts are in HD-48.  There are no KY House primaries in the other 2 precincts.