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Self-help author and Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson on Sunday accused party bigs of “rigging” the primary system in favor of President Biden

2016-0309 Presidential Primary Election Numbers & Analysis (click on image for full resolution) This week's presidential primary numbers include the primaries from Tuesday's election for the GOP and DNC. On the Republican side, this included Michigan, Mississippi, Idaho, and Hawaii. On the Democrat side, it included Michigan and Mississippi. GOP Results: Doanld Trump won Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii, though in all three Ted Cruz took second place, staying within 9-12 points and accumulating delgates. Ted Cruz won Idaho by 17.5%. John Kasich did well in Michigan, ending up in 3rd place but only 1% behind Ted Cruz, and picking...

This thread is about the 2016 Presdidentail Primary Data I have accumulated to date. I have been tracking it since September 1st, and am now set up to track specifically by the vote, and not including non-viote polls any longer. We will let the vote itself tell us what we need to know. Here's the table with the raw numbers: I have established four charts for the GOP and four for the DNC. They incvlude the following for each: -State by State percentage of the Vote -Overall average fo the total Vote -Cumulative Vote Mumbers -Cumulative Delegate Count (including Super...

Watching presidential politics lately, I've been thinking back to when I was 13 years old and had my heart broken for the first time. It was 1972, and I was antiwar and infatuated with Senator George McGovern. But as I handed out McGovern leaflets in Yamhill County, Ore., I was greeted as if I were the Antichrist. Soon afterward, Mr. McGovern was defeated in a landslide. As Howard Dean will probably be, if the Democrats nominate him. It is, of course, the Democrats' privilege to stand on principle, embrace the man they admire most and leap off a cliff together....