High Turnout @ Maine Caucus Indicative of Strong Sanders Grassroots Efforts & What's Next To Come

」Ear pleasure for your reading: Pivotal times call for Hi-NRG Maine Hype or for something less thumping is some chillwave Buddha in da haus tempo「

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"Prager Straße" (Prague Street) Oil on canvas & collage by Otto Dix, 1920, Dada
  Literal description: Scene of two mutilated characters one of rich & one of poor.  Both fastened with prosthetics but of varying quality; the well to do man struts gingerly past the beggar; who is n the midst of receiving money. 
  A store window for a prosthetists shop is in background.  Further figures around the periphery of the center: notably a wooden hand with a cane & the bosom of a pump wearing lady. 

『  Fortis cadere, cedere non potest.

A brave man may fall, but he cannot yield.

- Latin proverb   』

『    Context:  It's a nippy 2 ° / 35 ° f  From social media all over the internet it's easy to see the large turnout for the Maine Caucus which is simply beautiful.  & the cold weather did not stop Downeasters from heading to their caucuses - which if you have not gone & are eligible to vote than please make your way now, geez louise.    』 

In Maine, colossal turnout for #Bernie2016 has some sites skipping caucus, voters simply fill out ballot.#MECaucus pic.twitter.com/GxhH05zJMq

— Richard Angwin (@RichardAngwin) March 6, 2016

It's awe inspiring to see such a massive turnout for democracy.  Ironically for a arguably unndemocratic system.

This is the start of the caucus line in Portland. The end of it is 3 blocks away. #maine #MECaucus @cnnbrk @maddow pic.twitter.com/RcHTruuDx4

— Japhet (@Phitter) March 6, 2016

The people will not be deterred.

I've been waiting for three hours to vote in Portland. This is the line behind me. #MECaucus pic.twitter.com/IyLbrjYjYK

— patrick (@patrickmustdie) March 6, 2016

 Absolutely staggering long lines.

The line for the #MaineCaucus went round the field. Good luck #Bernie2016 pic.twitter.com/9c8kD6vMvS

— Annella (@nelsterL) March 6, 2016

A familiar sight all around the state today.

Long Line at Deering High School Today
in Portland ME - Wraps Around Athletic Fields#MEDemCaucus#Bernie2016 pic.twitter.com/HTIr0rBsiG

— JKH / Gay Leftist (@jaycamikenGL) March 6, 2016

Scenes that all Sanders want to see repeated in the forthcoming contests.

」Its clear who is leading the charge in Maine.「

」  It's Bernie Sanders.「

『   Now it comes with a bit of hubris but well placed confidence that Sanders has wrapped up Maine.  The question is by how far of margin and thus how much ground can Sanders make up?  I last prediction placed Sanders at 19 to Clinton's 11 - 3 of which are assured by the superdelegate pledges by Maggie Allen, Chellie Pingree & Peggie Schaffer.  It's State Senator Troy Jackson, of Allagash who is the sole superdelegate supporting Sanders explicitly prior to the proceedings of today's caucus.  That leaves State Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlet as the remaining superdelegate who has not public endorse either candidate.  Bartlet looks to wait for the results of the caucus before declaring his support & his leaning to go with what the caucus decides.  With how Sanders support has demonstrated today it's sure chance that Bartlet will call his vote for the Vermonter.  As Maine's caucus delegation votes are tired proportionally to the vote.  Here's a list of the potential delegate gain Sanders can achieve with the superdelegates above split 3: 2, advantage to Clinton.   』

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#1 1/3 Split 
66.7~/33.3~ Sanders / Clinton popular split
19/11 delegate split

#2 4/5 Split80.0~/20.0~ Sanders / Clinton popular split
20/10 delegate split

#3 4.25/5 Split85.0~/15.0~ Sanders / Clinton popular split
21/9 delegate split

#4 4.5/5 Split90.0~/10.0~ Sanders / Clinton popular split
23/7 delegate split

#5 Minimum Needed for outright win of all free delegates98.5 /1.5 Sanders / Clinton popular split
23/7 delegate split

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『   With comparatively low number of delegates at play if Sanders woutright won Maine (unlikely) grabbing 23 delegates it's still a drop in the ocean compared to loses from Tuesday.  Which would be just a 4 delegate gain in a double digit delegate deficit.   However the potential momentum boon is what the biggest gain the Sander's camp can look to leverage coming into Monday.  With 3 of 4 primary wins & an absolute trumping of Clinton in Maine this can be a powerful catalyst to surge Sanders even further ahead of forecasts in the coming Midwest states.  Where Sanders can rely on demographics who've been more supportive of his platform in states with lower nonwhite populations & more shares of young, liberal & working-class Democrats.  This surge can assure Sanders to solidly win the Midwest as Clinton has done in the traditionally Southern Republican states.  Sanders has strong support in both California & New York but he's going to need a solid performance is the road leading to April 19th (New York) & June 7th (California + 5 others).   』

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as the same it was this morning, 
I predict a strong outcome for Sanders; ultimately to a strong Sanders victory electorally.

83.1~/16.9~ Sanders / Clinton popular split
20/10 delegate split

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」 If Sanders do what he did in Vermont today the implications could be incredibly far reaching.「

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