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Related: About this forumClinton will add to delegate lead after Michigan, Mississippi contests
By Ben Kamisar
March 09, 2016
Hillary Clinton is projected to add slightly to her delegate lead after splitting Mississippi and Michigan with Bernie Sanders on Tuesday night.
But the key to the delegate count is the margin.
Clinton cleaned up in Mississippi, winning 83 percent of the vote, according to The Associated Press. Sanders on the other hand, finished with just 16 percent, 1 point above the threshold to win delegates. That gave Clinton an estimated 28 delegates, compared to just one for Sanders by the AP's count, with seven more unaccounted for at midnight.
The tight margin in Michigan will likely prevent Sanders from narrowing the delegate gap, despite his win there. The AP projected Sanders the winner with 50 percent of the vote to Clinton's 48 percent. That will give him at least 63 pledged delegates to Clinton's 52, the AP reports, with another 15 left outstanding. As long as those delegates are bound around the state's margin, Clinton win the Tuesday night delegate haul.
That will essentially hold her pledged delegate lead of about 200 steady.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272328-clinton-will-add-to-delegate-lead-after-michigan
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Clinton will add to delegate lead after Michigan, Mississippi contests (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2016
OP
Tick tock tick tock..... she's running out of southern states to pad or hold her lead.
morningfog
Mar 2016
#3
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)1. As long as we're counting delegates and not states ...
... Hillary will win. Her lead is prohibitive.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)2. Her lead continues to grow.
She's got this.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)3. Tick tock tick tock..... she's running out of southern states to pad or hold her lead.
Logical
(22,457 posts)4. That is a perfect pic for hillary! Sums her up! Nt
revbones
(3,660 posts)5. 35 contests left... 26 are favorable to Bernie for one reason or another
Plus there's the fact that people are waking up to her lies, her flip-flopping and backstabbing.
kennetha
(3,666 posts)6. No more Michigan's though
Can't afford to sit on a lead. Gotta go for the jugular when you've got 'em on the ropes.
Logical
(22,457 posts)7. Cali, here is a link to a post where you said you had some dirt on bernie......
litlbilly
(2,227 posts)8. but, she is now out of bible belt states so theres that.
litlbilly
(2,227 posts)9. One more thing calid, you just cant bring yourself to congratulate Bernie on his amazing win
in a state Hillary was supposed to win by over 20? I take all your OP's with the grain of salt they deserve.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)10. Are you sure I never congratulated Bernie for his Michigan win? nt
Vinca
(50,302 posts)11. If Bernie can win some more midwest states and some western states, he can
make up the 200 delegate gap. At that point, if he takes the lead, the superdelegates will either have to flip their votes or watch the party disintegrate.