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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:25 PM Mar 2016

Another analyst in the bag for Hillary. Cook Political's pre-weekend delegate scorecard (HRC Group)

Text from GDP.

After Super Tuesday, the Democratic delegate race really isn't much of one. Hillary Clinton expanded her lead in pledged delegates to 598 to 407, thanks to huge margins among African-Americans in states like Alabama and Georgia and solid margins among Latinos in Texas. Sanders's wins in the caucus states of Colorado and Minnesota, as well as Oklahoma and his home state of Vermont, were not nearly sufficient to offset Clinton's leads in larger states.

At this point, Clinton is at 129 percent of her cumulative delegate target, to just 73 percent for Sanders, meaning she is well on track for the nomination.

What's more, according to the Associated Press, Clinton maintains a lead of 449 to 19 in superdelegates, the party leaders and elected officials who get automatic votes at the convention. When added together, that gives Clinton 1,047 delegates to Sanders's 426. That means Sanders would need to win roughly 59 percent of remaining pledged delegates and uncommitted superdelegates just to pull even. That's next to impossible, given that Democratic primaries award delegates proportionally.

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http://cookpolitical.com/story/9327

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Another analyst in the bag for Hillary. Cook Political's pre-weekend delegate scorecard (HRC Group) (Original Post) Godhumor Mar 2016 OP
Math has a Hillary bias comradebillyboy Mar 2016 #1
Math is being blackmailed by the Clintons dlwickham Mar 2016 #2
Arithmetic, who knew? Iliyah Mar 2016 #3
it would be good to keep Sanders focused on the issues. Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #4
K&R UtahLib Mar 2016 #5
K&R fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #6
K&R SharonClark Mar 2016 #7
It's a conspiracy, right? Math hurts. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #8
Hillary's establishment-corrupt-cheater-lying henchmen have programmed the nation's calculators. kstewart33 Mar 2016 #9

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. it would be good to keep Sanders focused on the issues.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 07:57 PM
Mar 2016

She is right on the issues and talking about the issues is what should be the main subject.

kstewart33

(6,551 posts)
9. Hillary's establishment-corrupt-cheater-lying henchmen have programmed the nation's calculators.
Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:00 PM
Mar 2016

Every single one of them. Hillarymath has taken over the country!

Oh, the humanity!

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