Hillary Clinton only needs 17 percent of remaining delegates to clinch nomination

[SunSeeker]

Last edited Mon May 9, 2016, 02:21 PM - Edit history (1)

Bernie Sanders has a problem.

Remember those superdelegates, the Democratic Party leaders and elected officials who can vote for the candidate of their choice? The ones Sanders' supporters have been complaining about for months? It turns out, to have a shot at beating out Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, he needs them.

A lot of them.

Sanders needs the delegates who remain uncommitted, as well as more than 200 of those who have already publicly endorsed Clinton. Mathematically, Sanders cannot win the nomination without that support.
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Clinton won the Guam caucus on Saturday and now needs just 17 percent of the delegates at stake in upcoming contests to clinch the nomination. That means she could lose every single contest by a landslide and still be the nominee if all of her superdelegates continue to support her.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-only-needs-17-percent-of-remaining-delegates-to-clinch-nomination/

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Sanders (and some of his cyberspace supporters) have berned a lot of bridges with the Superdelegates. He will never get enough of them to flip.

[IamMab]

1. They keep pushing the "She has to win with pledged delegates alone!" narrative, but it's not working

out like they thought it would. Mostly because 100% of people with an actual completed education won't fall for it.

[liberal N proud]

2. 159 is the number I saw last night

159 delegates to clinch.

Can't happen soon enough.

[NurseJackie]

3. #FeelTheSmolder

It's almost over, folks.

[yallerdawg]

4. Any way you look at it, this is done.

AP.

She now has a total of 2,229 delegates, or 94 percent of the 2,383 delegates needed to win. Sanders has 1,453. Just 154 delegates short, Clinton remains on track to clinch the nomination early next month.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/sanders-nets-31-delegates-washington-state-while-clinton-notches-guam-n569851

NYT.

If Mrs. Clinton maintains her current level of support in the remaining races, she will earn a majority of the pledged delegates by June 7.

To have a shot at overtaking Mrs. Clinton in pledged delegates, Mr. Sanders would need a series of landslide victories in the few remaining contests, increasing his vote share to about 70 percent, on average.

Mr. Sanders is also significantly trailing Mrs. Clinton in superdelegates, the 714 Democratic Party officials whose support counts toward the nomination. Superdelegates are free to switch candidates at any time before the convention in July; in past elections, they have supported the candidate who has received the most pledged delegates.

If all superdelegates vote for the candidate with the most pledged delegates, Mrs. Clinton will get to 2,383 delgates.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/30/upshot/clinton-sanders-delegate-calculator.html

[SunSeeker]

5. Yep. Looks like the MSM finally gave up on trying to make this look like a horse race.

The reality is just too obvious to keep pushing the "Bernie has a path" meme.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. #FeelTheMath

[sheshe2]

7. Thanks for the update, SunSeeker.

It can't come soon enough for me.

[NastyRiffraff]

8. Like everyone in this Group

I'm SO ready for the primaries to be over! But...

She's got this. And so have we!

[Cha]

9. Sanders (and some of his cyberspace supporters) have berned a lot of bridges with the Superdelegates

"He will never get enough of them to flip."

Exactly, SunSeeker~ that's why I refer to them as burnies now.. it's all about the bridges.

Thank you for this.. We've been on a long somewhat bumpy path since Hillary launched her campaign in New York and now she's in such excellent shape to Officially get the nomination! Patience, Cha, Patience!