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Haveadream

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Tue Apr 5, 2016, 11:26 PM Apr 2016

Wisconsin Latest from Nate Silver - Bad Luck for Bernie



11.14pm

Democrats award most of their delegates by congressional district in Wisconsin and in other states. Usually that doesn’t matter much because the share of delegates each candidate gets in a state winds up closely matching their statewide share of the vote anyway. Sometimes, however, a candidate gets lucky or unlucky because of rounding.

Right now, Sanders looks to be getting a bit unlucky in Wisconsin. There are six delegates available in each of the 1st, 6th, 7th and 8th congressional districts. He leads Clinton in each one, but is splitting those delegates 3-3 with her in each case because his lead isn’t quite large enough for a 4-2 split. That could change as more votes are reported, of course.



http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/wisconsin-primary-presidential-election-2016/
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Wisconsin Latest from Nate Silver - Bad Luck for Bernie (Original Post) Haveadream Apr 2016 OP
Here's to it not changing. Thank you, Haveadream Cha Apr 2016 #1
So we may be looking essentially at a tie? Maru Kitteh Apr 2016 #2
If the margins in those districts remain the same Haveadream Apr 2016 #4
SWEET! n/t Maru Kitteh Apr 2016 #5
Excellent news! Lucinda Apr 2016 #3

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
4. If the margins in those districts remain the same
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:31 AM
Apr 2016

then the delegates for those districts will be split.

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