Discussion: Nets: Too Early To Call Democratic Victor In The Massachusetts Primary

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MSNBC must not be communicating with NBC, who just called MA for Clinton

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They need some more drama, I guess…

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Then again, they are still reporting. Is NBC the only network that called it?

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So far

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Currently (8:57 there) at 52-47 for Clinton, with 12% precincts in.

Frankly, unless there are a lot of Sanders-leaning precincts still out there, even at 12% reporting a 5% lead is substantial. Maybe not enough to call yet, but it is quite unlikely for Sanders to reverse the standings there. Again, unless there are some heavily Sanders-leaning precincts out there yet to report (don’t know; I don’t have a precinct map).

Hmm. Found the Boston Globe map. Worcester and Amherst, heavy college districts, yet unreported, along with large swathes of the Vermont border precincts. Yeah, I think that qualifies as too early to tell.

Oklahoma, on the other hand, is quite clearly for Sanders, 52-41 with 50% reporting. Are we missing 7%? Why yes, we are: 7% - about 12,000 votes - got distributed between local candidates and people not even running anymore. Sigh, Oklahoma.

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9:17pm PST

Hillary Clinton 139,428 51.15%
Bernie Sanders 129,761 47.6%
23.8 % reporting