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Clinton teeters on brink of nomination with superdelegates
https://www.yahoo.com/news/delegate-
math-clinton-wraps-nomination-june-7-071625711--election.html?ref=gs
May 24, 2016
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FILE - In this May 12, 2016, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participates in a round table discussion with HIV/AIDS activists at her campaign headquarters in New York. Clinton is closing in fast on the Democratic presidential nomination. After losing three of four state contests in May, Clinton has maintained a lead over Bernie Sanders of 271 pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) Hillary Clinton is closing in fast on the Democratic presidential nomination with the help of superdelegates.
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She also continues to pick up much more support from superdelegates, the party leaders who can back any candidate of their choice, dampening Sanders' chances further even as he insists he can win them over later this summer. In the last week, Clinton picked up 12 new superdelegate endorsements while Sanders netted two, according to an Associated Press survey.
When including superdelegates, Clinton's lead grows to 2,305, or 97 percent of the 2,383 delegates needed to win the nomination.
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Just 78 delegates short, Clinton remains on a glide path to reaching 2,383 on June 7 after polls close at 8 p.m. EDT in New Jersey.
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THE SCORE
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When including superdelegates, Clinton has 2,305 to Sanders' 1,539.
Clinton also holds an advantage of roughly 3 million raw votes, based on AP's tabulation .............................
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REACHING 2,383
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Clinton is 78 delegates short.
In the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, Clinton is likely to grab around 40 delegates. That will leave her shy by more than 30, heading into June 7.
With 126 pledged delegates at stake, New Jersey offers Clinton more than what she needs to clinch even if she were to lose the state.
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WINNING A MAJORITY OF PLEDGED DELEGATES
Because of Clinton's big lead, Sanders must flip more than 200 of her superdelegates if he hopes to reach 2,383.
But first, in order to sway them, Sanders will have to win a majority of pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses, his senior strategist Tad Devine has acknowledged. Superdelegates have never before lifted a candidate to the nomination when he or she trailed in the number of pledged delegates.
"I know that it is a steep road," Sanders said at a recent campaign rally, "but if we do very, very well in New Mexico, California and the other states on June 7, my hope is that we end this process with 50 percent plus one of the pledged delegates."
Sanders is far behind on that front.
Clinton is on an easy path to reach 2,026 pledged delegates or more than half the 4,051 total on June 7. She will get there even if she loses solidly in all six states.
Sanders needs more than 67 percent of the remaining pledged delegates to overtake her, requiring landslide victories.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/delegate-math-clinton-wraps-nomination-june-7-071625711--election.html?ref=gs
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CALLING ON SUPERDELEGATES
Clinton holds a substantial advantage in superdelegates 537 to 42.
There are 714 superdelegates, meaning 135 have yet to commit.
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If three dozen more superdelegates decide to back Clinton in the next two weeks, she'll reach 2,383 before the last states vote.
Among superdelegates who already support a candidate, two have flipped but not in the direction Sanders would like. Emmett Hansen of the Virgin Islands switched to Clinton, citing the specificity of her policy proposals. In Puerto Rico, Luisette Colon was an early Clinton supporter before becoming uncommitted; last week, she flipped back to Clinton.
stopbush
(24,398 posts)would line up behind him!
Walk away
(9,494 posts)And the SPs would get priority seating up front by the Bird. It would be YUUUUUGE!
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)K&R!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Cha
(298,014 posts)on in each of the campaigns and are going for Hillary!
Knock me over with a feather~lol
Mahalo, rivers~
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)She ran a clean campaign and did not fall for Sanders attacks, kept her head forward and went on. With the negative campaigning by Sanders was an indication he knew he wasn't doing well.
Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)In the beginning, Supers were evil. Sanders and his cult hated them. They shouldn't count.
It was the pledged delegate and popular vote that mattered.
Now, supers are great because they can switch their votes and overturn the will of voters.
I'm beginning to think that Sanders has very squishy ethics.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)How about nonexistent! But I take your point SitB.
Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)It's hard!
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Koinos
(2,792 posts)He is beyond good and evil.
Or beneath it.
He is not bound by ethical norms.
Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)A Nietsche reference. Awesome!
TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)get a majority.
They don't understand that the threshold would be lower if not for the SDs and this would already be over.
Stuckinthebush
(10,847 posts)Their understanding of the process and math is laughable.
So, let's say we take the supers out. Then the threshold for a majority would be lower and Hillary would make that easily. I don't think they understand how to divide a number by 2 and then add 1. Incredible.
TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)Last night, one of the usual suspects was posting data from the 2008 election. The data posted clearly indicated that Obama did not have a majority of pledged delegates when he became the presumptive nominee, but the projected supers put him over the top. The poster insisted over and over again that the chart they posted said otherwise and that he had a majority. It was basic math.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Donna Bazile who is a SD says she has will not endorse right now, I dont think DWS has endorsed so there are reasons not for endorsing now, it will come. .
TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)If they haven't already.