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Hillary Clinton

LAS14

(15,168 posts) Mon Jun 6, 2016, 10:25 AM Jun 2016

OK. You need a majority of votes to win a two person contest. Right? [View all]

So if you include super delegates Hillary will have a majority by the end of Tuesday.

BUT if you EXCLUDE super delegates, as Bernie has been wanting to do all along (except for his flip-em strategy) she STILL has a majority.

So Bernie wants to exclude super delegates when calculating whether Hillary has the magic number - a majority of pledged plus super delegates. If he wants the media and everyone else to ignore superdelegates, then we should switch the magic number to be a majority of pledged delegates. Right????

I don't get it. Why does anyone go along with his thinking?

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OK. You need a majority of votes to win a two person contest. Right? [View all] LAS14 Jun 2016 OP

Give it up, I've explained that about a dozen times in the last week or two. No one will accept it. George II Jun 2016 #1

you take 50% + 1 of the pledged delgates which is what 2026...as you remove supers altogether and beachbum bob Jun 2016 #2

Plus a fifth metric : Number of States! Her Sister Jun 2016 #5

. caquillo Jun 2016 #9

Clinton won 29 out of 57 States! Puerto Rico was 29th win! Her Sister Jun 2016 #11

Will? jmowreader Jun 2016 #12

Keeekeeeeekeeee! Yeah! Isn't that awesome!!! Her Sister Jun 2016 #13

Easy. According to Sanders, she's not leading by a big enough margin. displacedtexan Jun 2016 #3

800 delegates aren't enough? I wish President Obama would Cha Jun 2016 #8

anything sanders says is nonsense now his rationale doesn't work on any level beachbum bob Jun 2016 #10

4,051 Pledged Delegates plus 714 Super Delegates = Total +4,765 Her Sister Jun 2016 #4

2026 - 1811 (HRC's Pledged Delegates as of Today) = 215 To reach Pledged Delegates Majority Her Sister Jun 2016 #7

The disillusioned often cannot explain why liberal N proud Jun 2016 #6

BUT! Superdelegates are bad! NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #14

As everyone else has said DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #15