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Trump v. Bernie Debate

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You guys sit here and say Trump hasnt attack Bernie...but the same could be same about Bernie hasnt attack Trump yet...We are taking about a man who doesnt know shit in politics and foreign policy. Clinton or Sanders will eat him for dinner...

Bernie only has 1 angle to every single issue, Trump will shit conspiracy theories at Sanders until he goes away.
 
You screwed up your math. Net delegates are what matter. For Bernie to net 271 in California alone, it needs to be a split of around 375-100, or around 80% of the vote.

Maybe he meant a victory by a 58% margin? That would be about 80% of the vote, technically possible yet very unlikely. Only a disaster for Hillary or a massive surge of popularity for Bernie could lead to those numbers. Bernie should probably drop out but honestly it's understandable that he's staying in. If any of us were so close to the presidency we might very well pray for a miracle too. Maybe Bernie is hoping he will stomp the Donald in this debate and absorb all his voters or something
 
How do you figure? 60% of 475 is 285. Currently the pledged-delegate gap between them is at 271. So if Bernie Sanders wins 60% of the vote in California, he will have won the majority of the popular vote in the US *and* the majority of the pledged delegates in the US. It's simple math.

so uh. what numbers are you using? the current popular vote for clinton and sanders, as well as how many democrats you believe are voting in the ca primary?
 
You don't understand proportional delegate rules. Hillary is also getting 200+ delegates in that scenario, which closes the gap by double-digits, but doesn't put him in the lead.

EDIT: I can't tell trolls from the Bernie bros that can't understand math.
It also ignores that New Jersey's polls close 3 hours before California's, a state where Hillary is projected to win 2:1 and will push the delegate lead out even further. It's worth 130 delegates I believe.

Maybe he meant a victory by a 58% margin? That would be about 80% of the vote, technically possible yet very unlikely. Only a disaster for Hillary or a massive surge of popularity for Bernie could lead to those numbers. Bernie should probably drop out but honestly it's understandable that he's staying in. If any of us were so close to the presidency we might very well pray for a miracle too. Maybe Bernie is hoping he will stomp the Donald in this debate and absorb all his voters or something
No because he said Bernie would win 285 delegates.

He needs a net gain of 271 to plug the gap.
 
So this actually going to happen? I don't see any reports on CNN or Fox news. You'd think this shit would be headline news if it was actually going down.

Probably not. Trump's campaign told CBS they have no intention of debating Bernie. Which should not be too surprising since the suggestion was a joke he made on a nighttime talk show.
 
Independents are mostly people that already lean towards a party but dont wanna commit to saying it.

Continue to be smug and dismissive towards those that don't agree with you... It's the Democratic way, after all.

This persecution complex is adorable.

Nobody needs to throw any cunts around, but Hillary supporters have 0 room to go on about persecution complexes.
 
You guys sit here and say Trump hasnt attack Bernie...but the same could be same about Bernie hasnt attack Trump yet...We are taking about a man who doesnt know shit in politics and foreign policy. Clinton or Sanders will eat him for dinner...

So if they will both eat him for dinner then why is Hillary's smaller lead against Trump an issue since it would widen after they, as you say, eat him for dinner?
 
Regardless of the Pro Hillary or Pro Bernie insane people in this thread, there is obviously a large number of voters on each side that are backing either of these candidates who share their point of views.

If Bernie wants to keep speaking on behalf of his supporters and keep that message going, I don't see a problem. You're all from that great land called AMERRRRRICA where freedom to do what you want is oh so sacred, so it is Bernie's right to talk if he wants too. At the end of the day, if his supporters have to in the end vote for either Hillary or Trump, it will be up to those two to clearly win over Bernie supporters by listening and compromising what could work for everyone involved, individually and as a country. Bernie may be keeping himself in the game to keep what he and his fellow supporters see as large problems in the state of the USA at the forefront of topics and conversations.

He may not be the nominee, but there will be large issues to tackle for those that the nominees to focused on these issues that are being pointed at by his campaign and supporters.
 
Probably not. Trump's campaign told CBS they have no intention of debating Bernie. Which should not be too surprising since the suggestion was a joke he made on a nighttime talk show.

Trump the drunk friend always making plans but not following through the next day.
 
Continue to be smug and dismissive towards those that don't agree with you... It's the Democratic way, after all.

He's right, though. Statistically, most independents will consistently vote Republican or Democrat come election time.

That's true, I missed that. Bernie needs to win 68% of the remaining delegates in the remaining states to overtake Clinton. Which is still very doable.

That is absolutely not doable at all.
 
Think again. I have yet to see any Hillary supporter phyiscally attack people, dish out death threats,

I mean wendell pierce happened... but thats one instance.

The harassment from some sanders supporters has been going on for awhile.

The superdelegate hitlist and the threats against ROberta Lange.
 
That's true, I missed that. Bernie needs to win 68% of the remaining delegates in the remaining states to overtake Clinton. Which is still very doable.

Your definition of very doable needs to be re calibrated. How many states up to this point has he won with 68% or more?

And if she loses N.J. and Puerto Rico?

What if a meteor strikes the earth tomorrow? What if she has a heart attack and drops dead?
 
How do you figure? 60% of 475 is 285. Currently the pledged-delegate gap between them is at 271. So if Bernie Sanders wins 60% of the vote in California, he will have won the majority of the popular vote in the US *and* the majority of the pledged delegates in the US. It's simple math.
Not simple enough, apparently.
 
Any way possible. We're going to convention. If it doesnt happen, it doesn't happen.

Ive posted that video before and it gets dismissed every time lol.

Folks arent interested in actual visual evidence of her lies.

Its baffling as fuck.

I'm being basically ignored it's funny.

Just FYI, the reason people ignore it is it's been debunked to hell and back and posting it now is surefire evidence not to take the person seriously cause he's not going to listen.

Most clips are out of context, and there's one lie in the entire video.

https://pimeablog.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/responseto13min/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...hecking-hillary-clinton-lying-13-minutes-str/
 
That's a stretch for the word "doable". Completely unprecedented in modern primary and voting history.
A lot of things regarding Bernie have been unprecedented in modern times :) Heck, in early days nobody thought he would get very far at all, definitely not to where we are now.
 
A lot of things regarding Bernie have been unprecedented in modern times :) Heck, in early days nobody thought he would get very far at all, definitely not to where we are now.

How does this make winning contests where he's demographically struggling very doable? California? New Jersey? Puerto Rico? These are a stretch as ANY win, let alone unprecedented blowouts. You're setting yourself up for unprecedented disappointment.
 
Continue to be smug and dismissive towards those that don't agree with you... It's the Democratic way, after all.



Nobody needs to throw any cunts around, but Hillary supporters have 0 room to go on about persecution complexes.

I was being neither smug nor dismissive. Research has born that conclusion out. But I do admit I feel a little smug now.
 
How do you figure? 60% of 475 is 285. Currently the pledged-delegate gap between them is at 271. So if Bernie Sanders wins 60% of the vote in California, he will have won the majority of the popular vote in the US *and* the majority of the pledged delegates in the US. It's simple math.

You realize Clinton would still get about 190 additional delegates even if Bernie wins right?
 
It really isn't but ok!

I'm curious, what probability would you be willing to assign to Bernie winning the nomination? 50/50? 30%?
I have no idea, I'm not saying he's likely or not likely to win the majority of pledged delegates. I'm just saying it's possible, and the numbers for it aren't outlandish. The winner hasn't been chosen yet.
 
Were Clinton supporters specifically polled in that article? Democrats that aren't Sanders supporters aren't necessarily Clinton supporters.

It was democrats in general in that first article. You have a point but It's definitely impossible for Sanders voters in a random polling of any democrats to account for that 9%.


In that follow-up article Sanders voters had to be as high as 20% to make it likely practically 0 Clinton voters are interested in Trump.
 
If Bernie wants to keep speaking on behalf of his supporters and keep that message going, I don't see a problem. You're all from that great land called AMERRRRRICA where freedom to do what you want is oh so sacred, so it is Bernie's right to talk if he wants too. At the end of the day, if his supporters have to in the end vote for either Hillary or Trump, it will be up to those two to clearly win over Bernie supporters by listening and compromising what could work for everyone involved, individually and as a country. Bernie may be keeping himself in the game to keep what he and his fellow supporters see as large problems in the state of the USA at the forefront of topics and conversations.

Ah, look! Someone's being reasonable! Bernie's raised a shit ton of money off of a shit ton of ordinary people. That is unique, it's a breath of fresh air (to see someone practice what they preach as opposed to talking out of both sides) and, as someone who donated, I'd like to see him fight for whatever he can get.

His reluctance to get on his knees and kiss the ring shouldn't be so damn offensive to anyone who has confidence in Hillary Clinton. Mother fuckers here acting like he's Trump and Hitler combined just because he's COMPETING. Fuck that. If Bernie staying in until the convention ends up being the reason Hillary loses, then Democrats made the wrong choice. That's on them.

Quit concern trolling about Bernie "hurting" Hillary (boo fucking hoo. She's running for president.) in one post, then laughing off the idea that Trump has a chance in hell in the next. It's logically inconsistent and super whiny.

Where is he now? He's the farthest behind any candidate has been, in in the history of either party, without having yet dropped out / suspended their campaign.

He's breaking fundraising records left and right while ignoring large donations. He's won roughly half the states so far. Nobody predicted that. Don't act all arrogant with the "well, he still lost. Scoreboard!" bullshit. He's setting precedents that, I used to think, the Democratic party's voters would welcome with open arms. Apparently, I was wrong.
 
A lot of things regarding Bernie have been unprecedented in modern times :) Heck, in early days nobody thought he would get very far at all, definitely not to where we are now.

Where is he now? He's the farthest behind any candidate has been, in in the history of either party, without having yet dropped out / suspended their campaign.
 
Where is he now? He's the farthest behind any candidate has been, in in the history of either party, without having yet dropped out / suspended their campaign.
Usually these candidates have no money left. Bernie is still funded by the people and has had the money for the last months to go on.
 
Bernie has lost his mind.

This is just going to be used as an opportunity for Trump to trumpet "poor Bernie - look how the DNC and crooked Hillary have treated you."

Accept you have lost and return to the Senate instead of embarrassing yourself and the party.
 
Nice. Because its entirely unlikely she loses those tow votes right?

Have you seen the recent polling for those contests? Have you seen the demographics? You can talk about Michigan all you want but he didn't turn his deficit into a 68% win. He barely won to the point where the delegate difference was minimal.
 
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