Reality check: Clinton leads the delegate race 385-29

[Freddie Stubbs]

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=democratic%20delegate%20count&eob=D/2/short/m.09c7w0/

[Agschmid]

1. This is stupid...

She needs to win races in order to win this, supers honestly just don't matter.

You want to win the primary?

Get to work, I've been working my ass off every week.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. She's already won one race

She won two more delegates in Iowa than Sanders did.

[Flying Phoenix]

11. She did not.

It's a equal split. 22/22

[DCBob]

15. She did.. Clinton: 23 Sanders 21

[Renew Deal]

21. Multiple sources have it as 23-21

[Agschmid]

18. Yes and she needs to win more.

[tazkcmo]

2. lol

Including super delegates? Like candidate, like supporter. Distortion.

[Freddie Stubbs]

23. Each super delegate's vote counts as much as the vote of a pledged delegate

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. Well, then why are we even bothering with the pretense of primaries and caucuses?

Apparently, "Democratic" party is for branding only.

[Freddie Stubbs]

24. Secretary Clinton still needs almost 2000 more delegates

[Bradical79]

4. It's my understanding super delegates don't matter that much

At least at this stage. Their numbers count as much to the delegate total right now as polling numbers of races that haven't been held yet.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Counting chickens before they hatch?

[cali]

7. Clearly, the Very Superior People that constitute the democratic establishment

should choose our candidate.

[JaneyVee]

8. And obviously the voters as well.

Who Iowa for Hillary.

[cali]

9. Yes, Hillary's stunning victory in Iowa, the state her supporters love to trash,

is remarkable.

And aren't you just so gracious to acknowledge that voters get to weigh in "as well".

[JRLeft]

31. Tell her campaign to release the raw vote totals in Iowa.

[Flying Phoenix]

10. No. Reality check

Is that PLEDGED delegates are

Clinton: 22
Bernie: 22

Superdelegates aren't even counted until the convention, so here's a reality check. Said same superdelegates can drop their vote and go elsewhere.

Clinton tried the same superdelegate trick in '08. Didn't work either.

[Nanjeanne]

12. Stop with the Super Delegates Already

They can change their vote at any time - just as they did in 2008 when Obama was winning the votes of the American people.

It's so desparate looking of the Clinton group and their media groupies that you have to wonder just WHY are they so scared of Bernie?

[Logical]

13. BS POST!

[Kalidurga]

14. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww aren't you cute.

No one cares what the count is today. Lets check it out after New Hampshire and Nevada.

[Codeine]

19. Even better let's check it out after Super Tuesday. nt

[workinclasszero]

26. Yes lets check it after Super Tuesday!

Thats March 1st right?

Right around the corner. It will be a whole new world around here LOL

[jeff47]

17. Reality Check: A ton of superdelegates who promised to vote for Clinton in 2008

voted for Obama.

[morningfog]

20. No, she leads 23-21. Unpledged delegate count is irrelevant at this point.

[HooptieWagon]

29. Correct.

Camp Weathervane seems quite ignorant of that fact.

[frylock]

22. But nobody here is claiming inevitability or calling for a coronation..

amirite?

[AtomicKitten]

25. Remember how cranky she got when they switched their endorsement to her opponent?

Ah, good times.

[Fuddnik]

27. Reality Check: Hillary loses General Election.

What was it that Truman said about Real and Fake?

[HooptieWagon]

28. You do realize the super delegates are uncommitted, right?

Only the delegates elected during the primaries are committed. The super delegates can change their minds, they don't count until they've cast their votes at the national convention. Most of Hillarys super delegates switched to Obama in '08. If Sanders gets the majority of elected delegates, the superdelegates will switch to him. Otherwise there will be a fight at the convention that will make Chicago 1968 look like a Love-in.

[Jarqui]

30. Nonsense. Pledged is not cast.

Hillary led the super delegate race with Obama in 2008. A bunch jumped ship on her. We've already seen some switching endorsements in 2016.

Pledged is like taking a national poll and saying the "election is over". It's soft support - not final.

If people start to think Bernie is going to win, they'll drop Hillary like a hot potato as they did in 2008.

There's probably a whole bunch that are on the fence - would like to jump but want to see Bernie in a firmer competitive position.

Counting her superdelegates before she voted was part of her problem in 2008.

[Freddie Stubbs]

32. Update: Hillary now leads 1,034 to 408

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=democratic%20primary&eob=m.09c7w0/D/3/short/m.09c7w0/

Her number is so big it needs a comma.