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2016 Postmortem

auntpurl

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12. Yes, and the other way around of looking at this is

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 06:44 AM

May 2016

if you use SDs in the "magic number" a candidate has to reach, then you have to COUNT SDs that have declared toward a candidate's total.

OR

you can choose to NOT use SDs in the magic number and just count pledged delegates.

Those are your two options. Any other way of doing it is dishonest.

And either of the two ways above that you choose to count, Hillary (barring disaster) is going to clinch on June 7.

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What does it mean to 'clinch the nomination' when superdelegates are involved? [View all] Gothmog May 2016 OP

Some nice clips from the article cited in the OP Gothmog May 2016 #1

Yet Sanders appears to want to go down the road of petulant child. MohRokTah May 2016 #2

Very, very true. nt anotherproletariat May 2016 #4

Soon and very soon, the truth will be saying what many here have been saying, Thinkingabout May 2016 #3

K & R Iliyah May 2016 #5

k&r DesertRat May 2016 #6

Here's a big ol' K&R NastyRiffraff May 2016 #7

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow May 2016 #8

KNR Lucinda May 2016 #9

This doesn't belong in GD-P tandem5 May 2016 #10

Facts do make it into this group from time to time Gothmog May 2016 #14

lol....so information about the primary process that leads to the nominee being selected beachbum bob May 2016 #15

? tandem5 May 2016 #19

Kick and Rec!!! still_one May 2016 #11

Yes, and the other way around of looking at this is auntpurl May 2016 #12

K&R all american girl May 2016 #13

thanks you for this, I forget to cross post this morning beachbum bob May 2016 #16

Excellent work, thank you. George II May 2016 #17

Yep, that's pretty much how it works every time. Garrett78 May 2016 #18