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RainySunshine
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There is a 100% chance of Sunshine ahead for You.
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« Reply #262 on: 2016-05-24 10:13:15 » |
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We are finishing up the west. Today is Washington State's Primary. This event is different then other state's because people can choose either Republican or Democrat (even though a Democratic caucus was held earlier and gave the win to Bernie), but they must choose a political faction. The results for this state primary only count for the Republican party and is worth a sizable 44 delegates. It should go to Donald Trump, but there are reports that at a state Republican event last week, the majority of people there were unhappy Ted Cruz supporters. We will see how this translates after the votes are counted, which are done by mail.
Washington has both a presidential primary and a caucus system, but Democrats will ignore the results of Tuesday's primary, having chosen to continue to use the party caucus system to allocate their national convention delegates. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won the Democratic caucuses in March.
Even though Donald Trump is the only candidate remaining in the GOP contest, John Kasich and Ted Cruz are still on the ballot because they suspended their campaigns after the ballots were printed. Ben Carson is still on the ballot because he never submitted a withdrawal of candidacy.
After Washington State, we have the last big stop; California. That will be on June 7th and will give 452 delegates to the Democrat winner (highly skewed to keep establishment Democrats at top). The Republicans have 172 delegates to fight for in the Golden State, which is a lot, but not skewed as as the Democratic race. At this point, the race could be very messy for the Democratic candidates as they both could win right now. Hilary has also rejected to debate Bernie Sanders on FOX, and says she will not attend. This is the second time she has rejected a FOX News debate. The first time, she caved and actually did the debate last minute with Sanders. This time it is likely she will not cave and debate Sanders.
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