Hillary Clinton

Iamaartist

(3,300 posts) Mon May 30, 2016, 10:32 AM May 2016

Sorry Bernie, Hillary Clinton is Clear Favorite, 3 Million More Votes and Counting

http://hinterlandgazette.com/2016/05/sorry-bernie-hillary-clinton-clear-favorite-democratic-presidential-race.html

Sorry Bernie, Hillary Clinton is Clear Favorite, 3 Million More Votes and Counting

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is right, it’s all but over for Sanders because the math is not in his favor. Basic math, that is.

Clinton also leads among pledged delegates and superdelegates by a wide margin. Out of the most populous states, she won eight to Sanders one and is on the verge of winning the two remaining big states. She is about 73 delegates shy of clinching the Democratic presidential nomination. New Jersey will most likely give her the nomination on June 7, even before polls close in California.

Paul Krugman sums it up quite nicely: “Here’s what you should know, but may not be hearing clearly in the political reporting: Mrs. Clinton is clearly ahead, both in general election polls and in Electoral College projections based on state polls.”

“It’s true that her lead isn’t as big as it was before Mr. Trump clinched the G.O.P. nomination, largely because Republicans have consolidated around their presumptive nominee, while many Sanders supporters are still balking at saying that they’ll vote for her.”

“But that probably won’t last; many Clinton supporters said similar things about Barack Obama in 2008, but eventually rallied around the nominee. So unless Bernie Sanders refuses to concede and insinuates that the nomination was somehow stolen by the candidate who won more votes, Mrs. Clinton is a clear favorite to win the White House.”