16 thoughts on “Sanders winning Wyoming, but not by much”
It's all down to Goshen County. Sanders won the state, but needs 56.25% to get an 8-6 delegate split. If he stays at 56% he'll be stuck at a 7-7 tie. I was expecting 11-3 or 12-2 Sanders so I'm really shocked right now.
They just allocated that remaining delegate in Washakie County to Clinton due to surrogate ballots. Sanders needs a 4-1 win in Goshen to get that 8th state delegate now.
Kewl. I got to go in the fall, [ late 90's ] to help set it on fire. It snowed when we first got there so we were forced to just sit around and eat and drink for the first four days.
Obviously. the total number of Wyoming caucusers was really small, but the distribution of the votes reminded me of Michigan and Wisconsin. In all three cases, Hillz did relatively well in the "urban" counties — although that may be a stretch for Casper and Cheyenne — and Bern cleaned up in the "rural" counties. (One exception that I noticed was Dane County in Wisconsin, which is pretty urban/suburban these days but went strongly to Bernie. But I did undergrad in Madison, and visited recently, and the students are still gonna go as left as possible).
Now, I'm a Bernie-leaning Democrat, which means I plan to vote for him in the California primary, and will vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election. (FWIW, I voted for Hillz in the 2008 primary, and also voted happily for Bamz in the general. I assume Hillary will win California — my vote is intended to help scare her as far left as possible).
What is bothering me a little bit about some of the vote distribution so far is that Bernie is dominating in the more rural areas, which you might normally expect to be more conservative. This leads me to wonder if Bernie is getting some votes in these areas because (1) folks have absorbed some of the 30-year-long anti-Clinton propaganda campaign; or (2) Bernie is, no matter what he does, a white guy.
The reason I'm bothered is that if either of these notions is true, the votes of these rural-ish populations become much less reliable in the general election. I hope I'm just borrowing trouble.
It's all down to Goshen County. Sanders won the state, but needs 56.25% to get an 8-6 delegate split. If he stays at 56% he'll be stuck at a 7-7 tie. I was expecting 11-3 or 12-2 Sanders so I'm really shocked right now.
They just allocated that remaining delegate in Washakie County to Clinton due to surrogate ballots. Sanders needs a 4-1 win in Goshen to get that 8th state delegate now.
Did all 18 Wyoming Democrats vote then?
We're still waiting on results from the 18th! He's really slow.
It's his turn to do all the voter impersonation fraud. Somebody's got to.
I was in WY twice, for two weeks at a time. Could I have voted in this ?
Only if you're an illegal immigrant. So yes.
I saw the Grand Tetons from the air, on the way back from Butte, Montana one time. I did a write-in ballot. Several, actually.
Politico is saying he won by 12 percent and wins 7 delegates; Hillary gets 6.
There's still 1 county remaining and 1 more delegate depends on the results there.
Hillary won Goshen County. Sanders wins the state but delegates split 7-7.
The three votes from Washakie County are probably from staff at Tensleep Nature Preserve. 2-1 Hillz.
I spent a summer at Tensleep when I was a teenager. It was amazing.
Kewl. I got to go in the fall, [ late 90's ] to help set it on fire. It snowed when we first got there so we were forced to just sit around and eat and drink for the first four days.
Nightmare/ #votes/ % of votes/ # Delegates
Ted Cruz 644 66.3%/9
Marco Rubio 189 19.5/ 1
Drumpf 70 7.2/ 1
John Kasich 0 0.0/ —
Uncommitted 68 7.0/1
Other 0 0.0
"Uncommitted" beat Kasich hollow. Ha.
Obviously. the total number of Wyoming caucusers was really small, but the distribution of the votes reminded me of Michigan and Wisconsin. In all three cases, Hillz did relatively well in the "urban" counties — although that may be a stretch for Casper and Cheyenne — and Bern cleaned up in the "rural" counties. (One exception that I noticed was Dane County in Wisconsin, which is pretty urban/suburban these days but went strongly to Bernie. But I did undergrad in Madison, and visited recently, and the students are still gonna go as left as possible).
Now, I'm a Bernie-leaning Democrat, which means I plan to vote for him in the California primary, and will vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election. (FWIW, I voted for Hillz in the 2008 primary, and also voted happily for Bamz in the general. I assume Hillary will win California — my vote is intended to help scare her as far left as possible).
What is bothering me a little bit about some of the vote distribution so far is that Bernie is dominating in the more rural areas, which you might normally expect to be more conservative. This leads me to wonder if Bernie is getting some votes in these areas because (1) folks have absorbed some of the 30-year-long anti-Clinton propaganda campaign; or (2) Bernie is, no matter what he does, a white guy.
The reason I'm bothered is that if either of these notions is true, the votes of these rural-ish populations become much less reliable in the general election. I hope I'm just borrowing trouble.