2016 Postmortem

thesquanderer

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9. No super delegates were picked up yesterday.

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 06:33 PM

Apr 2016

Some people count supers from the day they announce, though they can change up to the day of the convention, so that is misleading.

Others don't count them until the day of the convention, when they actually fix their vote.

Either way, there's no rationale at all for suddenly including them on the day their state votes.

Since he got 48 new delegates yesterday, and she got 38 new delegates yesterday, he gained 10 delegates on her.

In terms of total delegates, including supers, Hillary has 42 for the state (32 pledged, 4 unpledged/changeable), which still has him leading by 6 (not 3). But the status of the supers--whether you count them or not--did not change. So either way, Sanders picked up 10 more than Hillary did yesterday.

(all figured from Green Papers)

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Senator Sanders only gained 3 delegates in Wisconsin [View all] KMOD Apr 2016 OP

Sanders has put the supers in play, so, yeah, we include the supers. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1

Sander has no chance at changing any supers. Gomez163 Apr 2016 #7

Of course he does. ThePhilosopher04 Apr 2016 #10

Loyal Democrats/ Superdelegates... FarPoint Apr 2016 #27

Particularly unelectable non-Democrats. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #19

No, they were decided by the DNC back in August 2015 Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #26

Go ahead. Count chickens that haven't hatched yet. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2016 #23

Ok. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #25

Look at your latest loss in any way you like. :) Marr Apr 2016 #2

You shouldn't include them since they haven't voted yet. smiley Apr 2016 #3

According to the New York Times, he gained 48. drm604 Apr 2016 #4

I think the correct net number is +6 Bernie when you add in her supers, +10 in regular, but Lucinda Apr 2016 #5

Wait so SD voted already? Gwhittey Apr 2016 #20

Yes, he narrowed her delegate lead by 10, KMOD Apr 2016 #8

Chuck Todd fails at how delegates are computed. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #28

Why haven't Washington's delegates been added yet? kracer20 Apr 2016 #6

You are probably using a source that doesn't know what they are doing. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #29

Thanks for the tip kracer20 Apr 2016 #36

For some reason the media don't do a very good job regarding primary results. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #37

No super delegates were picked up yesterday. thesquanderer Apr 2016 #9

Are those newly announced Supers, or were they being included in her delegate totals before? Tom Rinaldo Apr 2016 #11

Not sure. KMOD Apr 2016 #12

I saw him say that last night also and I wondered about that then too Tom Rinaldo Apr 2016 #15

I checked the NBC delegate tracker, but I couldn't find any KMOD Apr 2016 #17

Thank you for trying n/t Tom Rinaldo Apr 2016 #24

So far I have not seen any network announcements LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #32

Never miss an opportunity to double dip! NWCorona Apr 2016 #14

So how many times are you going to count the super delegates? DebDoo Apr 2016 #13

Seems like super delegates are a way to fix a race mgcgulfcoast Apr 2016 #16

Automatic delegate comprise less than 15% of all the delegates. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #33

It still would not be enough Demsrule86 Apr 2016 #38

I know, right? It's so dishonest to include them among delegates won on election night. reformist2 Apr 2016 #21

48 to 38 in favor of Sanders Matariki Apr 2016 #18

Hillary-42 BS-48 - 6 unpledged outstanding Alfresco Apr 2016 #22

Your link shows 38-48. It will not be even. morningfog Apr 2016 #31

That is not true. Why lie? He netted 10 over Hillary. morningfog Apr 2016 #30

Why are you calling me a liar? KMOD Apr 2016 #34

Yes. It's a lie. Super delegates are not attributed to states. morningfog Apr 2016 #35