Bernie's delegate targets for tomorrow's caucuses in AK, HI, WA are...

After March 22 races and revisions on earlier races, Hillary’s lead is now 294. There might be a couple more pickups in states where the multi-level county/state conventions are underway.

Hillary Bernie TOTAL
AWARDED 1228 934

2107


There are 1889 pledged delegates available as of tonight. The current deficit of 294 represents 15.56% of available delegates. For the three caucuses tomorrow, here are the targets:

STATE DELEGATES TYPE 538 TARGET SUBIR TARGET VOTE Target VOTE target
AK 16 Closed Caucus 9 10 5,550 62.5%
HI 25 Closed Caucus 13 15 22,537 56.3%
WA 101 Modified Caucus 59 66 399,880 64.3%
TOTAL 142 81 91 427,967

My target for tomorrow is 91 delegates. That would result in a split of 91-51, and a net gain of 40 delegates, bringing the deficit close to 250.

Torilahure ran his delegate math model to estimate popular vote targets Bernie would need to achieve to reach my targets (last column above). If Bernie does hit 64.3% in Washington, we think he may have a chance to pick up 2 more, giving him 68 delegates there.

Demosten’s analysis has a tail scenario for an even bigger win in WA, partly based on extrapolating the very good results in ID and UT (but there are big IFs here, at multiple levels). A big thank you to both these amazing, generous Kossacks for sharing their detailed analysis on these races with me!

For the post March 22 primaries/caucuses held thus far (Abroad, AZ, UT, ID) my target was 90, and 538’s “tied nationally demographic model” had 80.5. With 85 delegates, Bernie split the difference, but we are 5 delegates behind the pace we need to be at to pass Hillary.

Okay, that’s it. Let’s GOTV and hit those targets!!!

It might put as big a smile on Bernie as #BirdieSanders did!

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NWIA's picture

I had missed your insight since abandoning other locations on the intertubes. Very important numbers to watch.

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B. Joe King's picture

My parents are going to caucus for Bernie in WA, trying to get my sister to take work off to go do it too.

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Gold is the wealth of kings; silver is the wealth of commoners; barter is the wealth of peasants; and debt is the wealth of slaves.

By any chance do you know the total votes for each ? I believe the caucus states are difficult to get vote total data, but I would like to know this info for the primary election states. If Bernie can win this stat i think it lends support for an argument to contest the results determined by delegates.

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Lookout's picture

I'm hoping there's wide support and we exceed these expectations. Of course I think the glass is half full....

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

jiordan's picture

but I would love to see a blow out in all three like Idaho and Utah. If he won all three by 40 points or so, how exactly would the MSM spin that? And the momentum going forward would be astonishing...

Unrealistic, obviously, but one can hope, right?

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