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

[RandySF]

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.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2129489

[Gothmog]

1. Another voting district being thrown under the bus?

Sanders only wants to count states who have voted for him

[MBS]

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

[nini]

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

don't matter?

[RandySF]

4. And here's the thing

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]

8. So true.

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]

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

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]

6. thanks for the reminder

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

[RandySF]

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

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]

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

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]

22. The most disturbing thing, to me:

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]

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

[BobbyDrake]

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

[BobbyDrake]

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

[Cha]

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

they make whine.

[pandr32]

16. Exactly!

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

Aloha Cha!

[Cha]

17. Aloha, pandr!

Have a great Sunday~

[pandr32]

25. You too Cha!

Aloha

[Surya Gayatri]

10. Of course not, waaaaaaaay too far south.

[Her Sister]

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

Starting to find that suspicious!

[sheshe2]

14. Oh my!

Virgin Islands now under the bus.

[OilemFirchen]

15. Sounds a lot like Vermont.

With a few obvious differences, of course.

[johnp3907]

18. Virgin Islands = Confederacy?

[BlueCaliDem]

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

Neither will New Jersey Tuesday, nor California.

[Blue Idaho]

20. The VI may not count but the delegates

Sure as hell due...

Please proceed Sen. sanders...

[msongs]

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

[lunamagica]

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

don't count...OK

[Blanks]

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

They'd vote for him if they understood.

[lunamagica]

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

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

[jamese777]

29. Hillary Clinton: 87%

of Virgin Islands caucus attendees
Bernie Sanders 13%