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Oregon Presidential Primary

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05.17.16 | 9:36 am

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This should be a stronghold for him. If he can’t get his required 66% of the delegate here, then where will he get them?</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for bdtex" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/bdtex/64/736530_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-oregon-presidential-primary/37671" rel="external" class="url">bdtex</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="May 17, 2016">May 17, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>The pollster that had her up by 15 should be laughed out of business.</p></div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even depth-1"> <article class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt="Avatar for bdtex" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/bdtex/64/736530_2.png" class="avatar avatar-64 photo avatar-default" height="64" width="64"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-oregon-presidential-primary/37671" rel="external" class="url">bdtex</a></b> <span class="says screen-reader-text">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <time datetime="May 17, 2016">May 17, 2016</time> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>After losing KY the target % for him went up in all remaining races.</p></div> </article> </li> </ol> <div class="respond comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title"> Continue the discussion at <a class="wpdc-discourse-topic-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/t/discussion-oregon-presidential-primary/37671">forums.talkingpointsmemo.com</a> </h3> <p class="more-replies">12 more replies</p> <div class="comment-reply-title"> <h4 class="discourse-participants">Participants</h4> <p> <img alt="Avatar for system" src="https://d2i6rdlz7r9skx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/4/9/1/491ca6c9286ec6b25075d488ab9de51cff60bf85.jpeg" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for bdtex" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/bdtex/64/736530_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for hey_teach" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/848f3c/64.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for dave48" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/64.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for breakingdeadmen" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/breakingdeadmen/64/9893_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for geofu54" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/geofu54/64/232153_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for captaincommonsense" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/user_avatar/forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/captaincommonsense/64/13170_2.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> <img alt="Avatar for reggid" src="https://forums.talkingpointsmemo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/64.png" class="avatar avatar-25 photo avatar-default" height="25" width="25"> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="EmbedComments__Divider"></div> <a class="EmbedComments__Button --hidden js_topic-link">Continue Discussion <i class="fa-light fa-arrow-right-long"></i></a> </div> <script> //create links const discourseLink = document.querySelector('.EmbedComments .wpdc-discourse-topic-link') if (discourseLink) { var btns = document.querySelectorAll('.js_topic-link') btns.forEach(btn => { btn.classList.remove('--hidden'); 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