It is possible that Hillary will win the nomination in Puerto Rico today. Needs 60 out of 60 or...

[Renew Deal]

Hillary is now 60 delegates away after her shutout victory in the Virgin Islands. There are 60 pledged delegates up for grabs in PR. According to AP she has 2323 of the 2383 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. There are two ways she could win it today.

If Hillary gets another overwhelming victory where Bernie doesn't hit 15% she probably gets them all.

If A few super-delegates come out for her and a landslide win she could hit it. And it's possible some super-delegates come out on the Sunday shows.

Polls close at 3PM. Today may be the day....

[Cobalt Violet]

1. she doesn't have any super delegate votes yet.

[oberliner]

7. Pretty sure Bill Clinton will vote for her

Along with the other supers who have been actively campaigning for her.

[Cobalt Violet]

13. yeah they will but as of now it's will not has.

It's doesn't count until they actually vote says the DNC.

[merrily]

2. The nomination happens at the convention. Always has.

[FarPoint]

4. Is Bernie even going to attend the Democratic Convention?

I'm sensing he will be a No Show.

[Demsrule86]

6. I think so too. nt

[Demsrule86]

5. the presumptive nominee is declare when the majority of delegates is obtained

Read up on 2008. And she will have enough delegates maybe today or maybe Tuesday...she will be the presumptive nominee like Trump is for the GOP. At the convention, she becomes the nominee officially...and the word presumptive is removed...all the 'to the convention nonsense' does not change the process. Bernie is out maybe today but by the 7th for sure.

[merrily]

9. Regardless, the nomination happens at the convention.

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As far a presumptive nominee: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2056129

[Demsrule86]

22. A formality

Supers always award the nomination to the candidate with the most delegates. People have the wrong idea about supers. They exist to stop brokered conventions...as one always loses after such a thing.

[merrily]

23. Formality or not, the nomination happens at the convention and, no, that is not why the institution

of super delegates was created. Research some history.

[Demsrule86]

3. If Bernie is not viable like in the Virgin Islands, she could

He has angered Democrats in Peurto Rico too.

[merrily]

10. Hillary wasn't "viable" in Vermont. Seems more significant to me.

[Renew Deal]

11. No single state matters all that much

But cumulatively they are significant. That's why the emphasis on CA makes no sense. It is one contest of 57 and it happens after the nomination is won.

[merrily]

14. No single state matters, but the Virgin Islands do. Got it.

[Renew Deal]

17. I don't agree that VI matters all that much on its own.

Because of its place in the calendar it put Hillary within striking distance.

Imagine if CA voted a week ago. It would have made it slightly more significant because it would have ended the contest. Now it is between PR and NJ.

[FarPoint]

19. I love Vermont....

That said, Vermont was never nor has Vermont ever been a benchmark state for Elections. Progressive leadership... absolutely.

[merrily]

21. The Virgin Islands have?

You have to put my post in the context of what I was replying to.

However, I think Renew Deal got it right--all other things being fair, of course.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. If Bernard is not viable in PR it's OVAH.

[Feathery Scout]

12. She could become the Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Today!

...which would clear the way for Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and President Obama to formally endorse her as their choice to be the *official/formal* nominee.

Then....it would be over.

[Renew Deal]

15. 3 super-delegates

[Feathery Scout]

18. So.....Tuesday is far more realistic.

[MohRokTah]

20. Yes, but if Sanders is non-viable in Puerto Rico, which is a tall order, then she wins today.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. nah, it's over when she gets indicted!