Hillary Clinton

RandySF

(70,624 posts) Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:24 AM Jun 2016

It's official. The Virgin Islands do not count.

In 2010 the U.S. Virgin Islands had a population of 106,405

Tourism is the primary economic activity. The islands normally host 2 million visitors a year, many of whom visit on cruise ships. Additionally, the islands frequently are a starting point for private yacht charters to the neighboring British Virgin Islands.

hmm.. small population dependent on the wealth of others.

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It's official. The Virgin Islands do not count. (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2016 OP

Another voting district being thrown under the bus? Gothmog Jun 2016 #1

That pretty much sums up his special math. n/t MBS Jun 2016 #12

So, does that mean poor people dependent on tourism jobs nini Jun 2016 #2

And here's the thing RandySF Jun 2016 #4

So true. nini Jun 2016 #8

Having ANY job makes you part of the establishment, remember? BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #5

thanks for the reminder nini Jun 2016 #6

28 Percent of Sanders Campaign Donations Come From People Who Aren't in the Workforce RandySF Jun 2016 #9

College kids sending him their tuition $ in $27 installments, stopbush Jun 2016 #11

The most disturbing thing, to me: BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #22

And those people are likely still paying off the credit card bills. RandySF Jun 2016 #23

Or, more likely, we are for them. nt BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #24

Nothing they can do can change anything. Not one thing. nt BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #3

Unless BS won, of course.. then they'd be jumping for joy.. instead.. Cha Jun 2016 #7

Exactly! pandr32 Jun 2016 #16

Aloha, pandr! Cha Jun 2016 #17

You too Cha! pandr32 Jun 2016 #25

Of course not, waaaaaaaay too far south. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #10

wow so many reasons for votes not to count when HRC wins! Her Sister Jun 2016 #13

Oh my! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #14

Sounds a lot like Vermont. OilemFirchen Jun 2016 #15

Virgin Islands = Confederacy? johnp3907 Jun 2016 #18

Nope, they don't. And when she wins Puerto Rico today, they won't count, either. BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #19

The VI may not count but the delegates Blue Idaho Jun 2016 #20

demographics. and the VI are southern. same old excuses for a loss nt msongs Jun 2016 #21

First it was the rich who gave her the win...now it's the oppressed poor whose votes lunamagica Jun 2016 #26

They just don't 'get it'... Blanks Jun 2016 #27

Yeah, those poor, ignorant islanders are so clueless that they don't know what's good for them lunamagica Jun 2016 #28

Hillary Clinton: 87% jamese777 Jun 2016 #29

Gothmog

(154,470 posts)

1. Another voting district being thrown under the bus?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:31 AM

Jun 2016

Sanders only wants to count states who have voted for him

MBS

(9,688 posts)

12. That pretty much sums up his special math. n/t

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:51 AM

Jun 2016

nini

(16,713 posts)

2. So, does that mean poor people dependent on tourism jobs

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:33 AM

Jun 2016

don't matter?

RandySF

(70,624 posts)

4. And here's the thing

Reply to nini (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:35 AM

Jun 2016

Not everyone who works in tourism is poor. With tips, my partner is brining home more money than even me. And I have a nice 'office job'.

nini

(16,713 posts)

8. So true.

Reply to RandySF (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:41 AM

Jun 2016

I had a friend who decided to stay down there after going on vacation. She made a great living and was very happy. I was sooo jealous LOL

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

5. Having ANY job makes you part of the establishment, remember?

Reply to nini (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:36 AM

Jun 2016

We're supposed to live by Bernie's example and not find gainful employment until our 40s. Although, I gotta say, I don't think there are enough taxpayer-funded positions for all of us, so we probably all can't follow in St Bernie's footsteps.

nini

(16,713 posts)

6. thanks for the reminder

Reply to BobbyDrake (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:39 AM

Jun 2016

I need to remember anyone who has worked for the 'man' in life is the enemy - poor or rich.

RandySF

(70,624 posts)

9. 28 Percent of Sanders Campaign Donations Come From People Who Aren't in the Workforce

Reply to BobbyDrake (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:43 AM

Jun 2016

The most interesting thing to me, though, is the fact that 28.6 percent of Sanders donors are not in the workforce, whether unemployed, disabled, or retired. The next most common field among donors is healthcare, at 7.4 percent, and education, at 7.2. Read the whole thing here.

http://theslot.jezebel.com/28-percent-of-sanders-campaign-donations-come-from-peop-1780316765

stopbush

(24,630 posts)

11. College kids sending him their tuition $ in $27 installments,

Reply to RandySF (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:49 AM

Jun 2016

convinced that Sanders will win on June 7, and that on June 8 it will be announced that a college education is now free in the USA, and that everyone currently enrolled in college will be getting a big fat refund check for all the college tuition they have paid to date.

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

22. The most disturbing thing, to me:

Reply to RandySF (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:35 PM

Jun 2016

Other donors, such as Connie Kazmer of Granada Hills, said they went on spending sprees any time they felt moved by the campaign. The 60-year-old sound editor said she watched every Democratic debate with her laptop open, ready to give when something riled her.

Over the course of nine debates, Kazmer donated more than 100 times, topping $2,200 in contributions.

“I had to pace myself,” Kazmer said.

Jeremy Abramowitz, a recent graduate from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, gave Sanders’ campaign more than $5,000 in more than 200 separate donations.

It looks like some people were donating to Sanders the way some other people play the lottery.

RandySF

(70,624 posts)

23. And those people are likely still paying off the credit card bills.

Reply to BobbyDrake (Reply #22)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:38 PM

Jun 2016

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

24. Or, more likely, we are for them. nt

Reply to RandySF (Reply #23)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:39 PM

Jun 2016

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)

3. Nothing they can do can change anything. Not one thing. nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:34 AM

Jun 2016

Cha

(305,400 posts)

7. Unless BS won, of course.. then they'd be jumping for joy.. instead..

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:40 AM

Jun 2016

they make whine.

pandr32

(12,168 posts)

16. Exactly!

Reply to Cha (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:01 PM

Jun 2016

These troubling "issues" would go poof! No problems at all.

Aloha Cha!

Cha

(305,400 posts)

17. Aloha, pandr!

Reply to pandr32 (Reply #16)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:06 PM

Jun 2016

Have a great Sunday~

pandr32

(12,168 posts)

25. You too Cha!

Reply to Cha (Reply #17)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:40 PM

Jun 2016

Aloha

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

10. Of course not, waaaaaaaay too far south.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:48 AM

Jun 2016

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

13. wow so many reasons for votes not to count when HRC wins!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:51 AM

Jun 2016

Starting to find that suspicious!

sheshe2

(87,475 posts)

14. Oh my!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:52 AM

Jun 2016

Virgin Islands now under the bus.

OilemFirchen

(7,161 posts)

15. Sounds a lot like Vermont.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:57 AM

Jun 2016

With a few obvious differences, of course.

johnp3907

(3,889 posts)

18. Virgin Islands = Confederacy?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:08 PM

Jun 2016

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

19. Nope, they don't. And when she wins Puerto Rico today, they won't count, either.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:19 PM

Jun 2016

Neither will New Jersey Tuesday, nor California.

Blue Idaho

(5,500 posts)

20. The VI may not count but the delegates

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:29 PM

Jun 2016

Sure as hell due...

Please proceed Sen. sanders...

msongs

(70,172 posts)

21. demographics. and the VI are southern. same old excuses for a loss nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:32 PM

Jun 2016

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

26. First it was the rich who gave her the win...now it's the oppressed poor whose votes

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:42 PM

Jun 2016

don't count...OK

Blanks

(4,835 posts)

27. They just don't 'get it'...

Reply to lunamagica (Reply #26)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:51 PM

Jun 2016

They'd vote for him if they understood.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

28. Yeah, those poor, ignorant islanders are so clueless that they don't know what's good for them

Reply to Blanks (Reply #27)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 12:55 PM

Jun 2016

They need someone to save them from themselves...they need revolution </sarcasm

jamese777

(546 posts)

29. Hillary Clinton: 87%

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2016, 01:05 PM

Jun 2016

of Virgin Islands caucus attendees
Bernie Sanders 13%

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