Hillary Clinton Wins Virgin Islands Democratic Caucuses (HRC GP)

[Her Sister]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-wins-virgin-islands-democratic-caucuses/story?id=39613905

By ABC NEWS Jun 4, 2016, 9:51 PM ET
Hillary Clinton has won Saturday's Democratic caucuses in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the islands' Democratic Party announced.

Seven pledged delegates were at stake in the caucuses.

https://twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/739258900969488384

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Sanders officially wins St John. Unconfirmed reports are that Clinton won St Thomas, about 12 times the population.

[MFM008]

1. Every little bit helps

[metroins]

2. That's really cool.

I told my wife.

It's honestly nice to see us elect two intelligent nominees in a row (Obama then Hillary).

[complain jane]

3. Yay!

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. K&R!

[teamster633]

5. St. Bernard lost a caucus.

Ooooooh, that's gotta bern!

[BootinUp]

6. Woot!

[spooky3]

7. Thank you for the update.

[Thinkingabout]

8. She is on a winning streak.

[Her Sister]

9. Not sure what this means~!

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Wow - Sanders may have trouble with viability in the VI... From the VI dem Party:

STX total
681 HC
50 BS
8 uncom


Clinton would get ALL 7 delegates in a Sanders nonviable scenario. But this is tentative - depends on St Thomas

https://twitter.com/benchmarkpol/status/739279027626639362

[SaschaHM]

11. There is a viability threshold that each candidate has to meet to get delegates at all.

I think it's around 15%. Depending on how big his win in St. John was, he may not get any of the delegates on that level. St. Croix had 3 delegates, Bernie won't get any because he isn't viable. St. Thomas + St. John has 4.

Edit: It's 15%

[Blue Idaho]

10. Tick... Tick... Tick...

Times up Bernie, you lose.

[72DejaVu]

12. Bodes very well for PR tomorrow

This may be over before Tuesday.

[yallerdawg]

13. Some sweet tweets!

O.M.P.E. ‏@Lompemann · 9m9 minutes ago
Unconfirmed numbers from #VirginIslandsCaucus
St. Croix: Hillary 92%, Bernie 7%
Whoa if true

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Clinton would get ALL 7 delegates in a Sanders nonviable scenario. But this is tentative - depends on St Thomas

Taniel
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All U.S. territories but Puerto Rico (=tmrw) have now voted; Clinton has won American Samoa, Northern Marianas, Guam, & now Virgin Islands.

From: https://twitter.com/hashtag/virginislandscaucus?f=tweets&vertical=news&src=hash

[ismnotwasm]

14. K&R

[Cha]

15. Are you kidding?! Why isn't there a bigger party goin' on!???!

Gotta go but I'll be back to celebrate!

[stopbush]

16. I'll party!

[Cha]

17. Just in time.. I just got back and ready to get this Party started..

Hillary Clinton wins Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/04/politics/hillary-clinton-wins-virgin-islands-democratic-caucuses/index.html



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[Her Sister]

18. Yay! Party!

I went to bed last night! But so happy to end the night with the news of HER win! woo hoo!!!!

[Cha]

19. Wondered where you were? Did you get the update that she's won it 7-Zip now?

[Her Sister]

20. No not last night! This morning as of NOW! lol!!!

I knew she might when I went to bed! YAY!!!!!

JUST AWESOME! A NICE TOUCH TO START THE END!!!!!

Get our nominee nice and ready on HER WAY TO THE WHITEHOUSE!!!

[Cha]

21. My summary...

The party said Clinton won 84.2 percent of the vote, while Bernie Sanders earned 12.2 percent. Under Democratic National Committee rules, a candidate must win at least 15 percent of the vote to be eligible to receive delegates.

People were excited and overjoyed when Bill Clinton came to visit," said Cecil R. Benjamin, who chairs the party there. He noted that in addition to the seven pledged delegates, all four of the Virgin Islands' superdelegates are now backing Clinton. Superedelegates are party officials who can back any candidate.

"We are the only state or U.S. territory where she got 100 percent of the delegates," he said, citing in part the large voter turnout. "It was great, and we are ready for the national convention."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5c4c01d4189d472bace3c381f03bfb6a/clinton-moves-closer-nomination-sweeps-virgin-islands

[sarae]

22. So nice to wake up to this!

Thank you, Her Sister!