If You Think the Democratic Primary Race Is Close, the 2008 One Was Even Tighter
In 2008, Hillary Clinton dropped out of the Democratic
race four days after Barack Obama clinched the nomination.
How that race could inform Sanders’s path forward:
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Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by more delegates than Barack Obama had over Mrs. Clinton in 2008. As of June 6, when The Associated Press announced that Mrs. Clinton had crossed the 2,383-delegate threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination, she had nearly 300 more pledged delegates than Mr. Sanders and more than 500 superdelegates. After the primaries on June 7, she reached a majority of pledged delegates, increasing her pledged delegate lead to nearly 400.
In 2008, Mr. Obama led Mrs. Clinton by about 100 pledged delegates and 100 unpledged delegates on June 3, the day he was declared the presumptive Democratic nominee.
The Sanders campaign has argued it is wrong to say Mrs. Clinton is the nominee because superdelegates can change their allegiance any time before the Democratic National Convention in July.
However, in 2008, Mr. Sanders endorsed Mr. Obama for president two days after a last-minute rush of superdelegates helped push Mr. Obama over the threshold needed to be nominated at the party’s convention — and before Mrs. Clinton officially dropped out of the race.
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