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Sanders won the delegate contest on Tuesday, despite what you’ve read or heard

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Sanders recognizes Washington is as close to a must-win as it gets after his disappointing loss in Arizona on Tuesday.
Politico, Gabriel DeBenedetti 03/25/16 05:45 AM EDT

There are a lot of reasons for the Sanders campaign to want to do well in Washington state on Saturday.

Overcoming a big “loss” on Tuesday is not one of them, despite the ongoing media narrative.

March 22, 2016 delegate count
March 22, 2016 delegate count via LA Times

The Sanders campaign took in more delegates on Tuesday than the Clinton campaign.

Huge wins in Idaho and Utah carried the day. Think those states are “too red” to count? Then you have to discount Clinton’s early wins in the confederate south. They are even more unlikely to go blue in November. Because, Trump.

Sanders also took the most delegates in the ex pat contest, which announced results Monday.

Results from the Democrats Abroad primary show the Vermont senator cruising to a big win over Hillary Clinton among ex-pats, taking 69 percent of the vote to her 31. That’s good to net Sanders nine delegates and Clinton four. Nearly 35,000 Americans overseas cast ballots, a 50 percent increase over the 2008 total.
The Atlantic, 21 March

Total for the week?

Sanders: 82
Clinton: 59

Tuesday in Arizona was a mess. That’s a story for another day (maybe next week, after the hearing).

But know this: the media narrative is not only deceptive. It’s intentionally deceptive.

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