Update: Due to user error—mine—I failed to turn on a function that makes it harder to cheat when voting. As a result, people were able to turn their browsers to incognito mode and repeatedly rapid-fire vote—something done extensively by Bernie Sanders supporters. As a result, these results are not an accurate reflection of candidate online support, and will be discarded.
It’s too bad, really, since Sanders would’ve won anyway. There was no need to cheat. We’ll be back in two weeks, when I will presumably avoid this mistake, and we’ll have a more representative vote as a result.
No one gets relegated, and I’ll add Jay Inslee back in to see if his launch weeks gave him any traction. My apologies for my error.
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Has it been two weeks since the last one of these? It has! So it’s time once again to take the pulse of the Democratic presidential primary.
In case you’re wondering where Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, and Tulsi Gabbard (ha ha) are, they’ve all been previously relegated for lack of support. This week’s prime relegation candidate is recently announced Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who thinks a platform of “working more closely with Republicans” is a primary campaign winner. Last edition, Sherrod Brown (3 percent) and Cory Booker (2 percent) were right on the cusp. It’ll be fun to see if they can survive the day.
Two weeks ago, Bernie Sanders’ online warriors did a great job of flooding the poll. Will they do so twice in a row? Will the supporters of the two other major campaigns (Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren) respond in kind? Will anyone else graduate to top-tier status and join those other three? Time to find out!