Why Sanders has more of a path than anyone will admit

Since December I have been projecting the Democratic Delegates with a model which can be seen here.

Here are the results today from today:
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This models a 5 and 10 point swing from the most recent polling.

But that doesn't really tell the whole story. Here are the polls that the projection is using:

California SurveyUSA 30-Mar 3-Apr 53 39
California LA Times 16-Mar 23-Mar 47 36
California PPIC 6-Mar 15-Mar 48 41
Maryland Wash Post/Univ. of Maryland 30-Mar 4-Apr 55 40
New Jersey Rutgers 3-Feb 15-Feb 55 32
New York CBS/YouGov 53 43
New York Quinipiac 54 42
Pennsylvania Franklin & Marshall 3/14/2016 20-Mar 50 44
Rhode Island Brown 2/22/2016 2/23/2016 49 40

The problem is there is no way many of these polls, which are old, can be squared with this polling. Given what we know about the South, where Clinton ran up enormous margins, there is simply no way Clinton can be up by double digits in California, Maryland and New York. '

Here is the most recent national polling;
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The simple truth is that a projection based on current state polling is almost certainly wrong.

If you go back to my project, you see that with a 10 point swing Bernie gets within 30 delegates of Clinton.

But this overstates the swing needed. If the national polling is right, a good portion of this swing has already happened.

In a nutshell, this is actually closer than people realize. This may be why both campaigns are becoming increasingly aggressive.

It is oft repeated: sanders has no path to the nomination.
The math says otherwise.

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Lookout's picture

Here's my dream too. A little bird told me it is true.

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

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Here's a link to an interesting article in HuffPo that might support a shift in polls if enough people read it carefully.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kris-seto/questions-for-hillary-supporters...

27 Honest Questions for Hillary Supporters

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Watch what they do and not what the say.

Is the Clinton campaign acting like a campaign that has this race won?

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Why go nuclear if the math is "insurmountable?" It does nothing to "heal the party" after a vigorous primary. I believe that the national polls show that the race changed once the populace got to know Sanders. I believe that the race after March 15 will be even more favorable to the Sanders campaign than even the most rabid Sanders supporters could have dreamed. Remember there are no more Old South states to vote.

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He did an outstanding job of laying out everything non-HRC supporters are concerned about, complete with links.

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I actually could not make it all the way through...

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'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member

I know just the person to send it to. [Neighbors we greatly appreciate who support HRC because they think that, because of her gender, she'll be less likely to wage war than a man. I know.... *sigh*]

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Thanks!

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this was an outstanding analysis.

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Many thanks for linking it, OSOAS. All the linked articles are very good. This one caught my attention cos half of my family were/are mathematicians. Abramson's presentation was very easy for a math-challenged Berniac (me) to understand. A brokered Democratic convention would be historic and incredible. The Bernster announced his campaign 12 months ago. Even hardcore fans like me who planned on voting for him in protest are surprised by how fast his campaign has grown. Terrific diary and comment thread!

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