Dipto Islam, March 8, 2016
Results of the Democrats Abroad primary so far show an
overwhelming win for Bernie and a crushing Defeat for Hillary. The primary
started on March 1 and closes today March 8 at 6pm. Bernie Sanders got a jaw-dropping 69% of the votes so far, while Hillary Clinton got only 31%. In 2008, Obama defeated Clinton 66%-33%. It seems that 2008 is back again. The same pattern of 2008 is repeated in 2016.
Bernie Sanders has won all 34of the 34 reported precincts across the globe by wide and big margins:
Bernie Sanders has won all 34of the 34 reported precincts across the globe by wide and big margins:
Provisional
Results
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Date
|
Location
|
Sanders
|
Clinton
|
Total
|
March 1
|
Canada - Vancouver East Side
|
88
|
44
|
132
|
Costa Rica - Escazú
|
20
|
6
|
26
|
|
Denmark – Copenhagen
|
160
|
53
|
213
|
|
France – Grenoble
|
35
|
6
|
41
|
|
France – Marseille
|
31
|
23
|
54
|
|
Germany – Munich
|
83
|
50
|
133
|
|
Guatemala - La Antigua
|
61
|
53
|
114
|
|
Ireland – Dublin
|
98
|
37
|
135
|
|
Japan – Tokyo
|
94
|
14
|
108
|
|
Luxembourg - Luxembourg City
|
40
|
25
|
65
|
|
New Zealand – Wellington
|
21
|
6
|
27
|
|
Spain – Barcelona
|
85
|
36
|
121
|
|
Spain – Madrid
|
323
|
107
|
430
|
|
Sweden – Gothenburg
|
60
|
20
|
80
|
|
Switzerland – Geneva
|
112
|
104
|
216
|
|
Canada - Vancouver West Side
|
181
|
65
|
246
|
|
United Kingdom – Cambridge
|
82
|
48
|
130
|
|
United Kingdom – Edinburgh
|
231
|
62
|
293
|
|
United Kingdom – London
|
387
|
243
|
630
|
|
United Kingdom – Oxford
|
85
|
49
|
134
|
|
March 2
|
Costa Rica – Grecia
|
33
|
15
|
48
|
Thailand – Bangkok
|
82
|
55
|
137
|
|
March 3
|
Costa Rica - Pérez Zeledón
|
32
|
3
|
35
|
Sweden – Stockholm
|
69
|
32
|
101
|
|
Thailand – Pattaya
|
15
|
11
|
26
|
|
March 4
|
Costa Rica – Quepos
|
23
|
19
|
42
|
France – Paris
|
141
|
54
|
195
|
|
France – Toulouse
|
31
|
13
|
44
|
|
Thailand – Bangkok
|
73
|
32
|
105
|
|
March 5
|
Costa Rica - San José
|
22
|
15
|
37
|
Germany - Cologne/Bonn
|
20
|
10
|
30
|
|
Ireland – Galway
|
42
|
26
|
68
|
|
Spain – Barcelona
|
169
|
58
|
227
|
|
Sweden – Stockholm
|
87
|
41
|
128
|
|
Switzerland – Zurich
|
68
|
44
|
112
|
|
March 6
|
Japan – Osaka
|
117
|
10
|
127
|
Overall
|
3,301
(68.91%)
|
1,489
(31.09%)
|
4,790
|
|
Bernie Sanders got a jaw-dropping 69% of the votes so far,
while Hillary Clinton got only 31%. In 2008, Obama defeated Clinton 66%-33%. It
seems that 2008 is back again. The same pattern of 2008 is repeated in 2016.
The 2016 Democrats Abroad Primary counts 13 pledged
delegates with full convention voting rights plus 4 Democrats
Abroad superdelegate. The full result will be published 2 weeks after March
8.
Democrats Abroad Delegate count might be small, but the
result indicates that most Democrats living abroad think that the country’s
direction is wrong in comparison with other countries and it should choose the
direction Bernie is showing. The US expatriate have better sense of comparison between the US and rest of the other countries. Their this sense of comparison helps them to analyze whether the country’s direction is better or worse in comparison with other countries. The result might also be indicative of global opinion through the Democrats living abroad. The US expatriates have better practical understanding of the country's foreign policy direction.
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