Hillary Clinton

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20. The media has been pushing the horse race between BS and HRC because it makes for a better story.

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:08 AM

Apr 2016

So when comparing BS's delegate total to HRC's they're only including the pledged delegates won in an election or caucus.

Currently HRC has 1446 and BS has 1200 not counting Super Delegates.
HRC is short of the 2383 target by 937, BS is short by 1183.

If you include the Super Delegates:
HRC currently has 502 Super Delegates.
When added to her Pledged Delegates(1446) she has a total of 1948 delegates.
She only needs 435 Delegates to reach 2383 to clinch the nomination or just 26% of the remaining delegates.

She'll have her delegates, no worries.

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Since when is Hillary required to reach 2382 pledged delegates? [View all] TMontoya Apr 2016 OP

Super delegates count the same as a pledged delegate. Agnosticsherbet Apr 2016 #1

Since Bernie found out delegates matter. nt kjones Apr 2016 #2

There are always different standards BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #3

They make it seem like you do TMontoya Apr 2016 #4

They are getting desperate and flailing BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #5

+1 nt brer cat Apr 2016 #13

The media has been pushing the horse race between BS and HRC because it makes for a better story. Fla Dem Apr 2016 #20

Since never. Obama used super delegates to reach the nomination number. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #6

She's not. They're just pathetically desperate at this point. Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #7

One more thing... Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #8

And one more thing... The number of pledged delegates is 4,051. Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #9

2026-1444 = 582 Her Sister Apr 2016 #17

which every candidate has the most pledged delegates, that is who the Super Delegates will support still_one Apr 2016 #10

She doesn't. They just like to make shit up. n/t Lil Missy Apr 2016 #11

Very informative post KewlKat Apr 2016 #12

When their campaign leaders needed to raise the bar to protect Sanders Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #14

One rule for men, another rule for women Nonhlanhla Apr 2016 #15

Here's the thing... Stuckinthebush Apr 2016 #16

That would be 59% of the pledged delegates. stopbush Apr 2016 #18

Desperation on the part of the Sanders campaign, refusing to face reality and admit... George II Apr 2016 #19

Since math sweetloukillbot Apr 2016 #21