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Related: About this forumDelegate count goes to Sanders in Clark County
Delegate count goes to Sanders in Clark County
April 2, 2016 - 11:11pm
By BEN BOTKIN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders didnt win the Nevada caucuses, but his supporters turned out in larger force Saturday at the Clark County Democratic Convention.
At the end of a long day, final delegate totals showed the senator from Vermont won more delegates at the county convention than rival candidate Hillary Clinton, who had a 6-point lead over Sanders in the February caucuses.
Saturdays outcome means 1,613 delegates for Sanders will go to the state convention in Las Vegas in May, and Clinton will have 1,298 delegates, according to the state Democratic Party figures.
The county convention, held at the Cashman Center, was the second part of the journey toward becoming a national delegate. The first was in the February caucuses, when each precinct in Nevada picked delegates to go to each countys Democratic convention. The third part comes at the state Democratic convention in May, when Nevada Democrats pick delegates who will go to the national convention in Philadelphia in July. Those delegates come from all of Nevadas county conventions including Clark Countys.
The delegates arriving Saturday totaled 3,825. They were joined by another 915 elected alternates and 604 unelected alternates who were seated as delegates. In comparison, roughly 9,000 delegates had been picked at the February caucus event....
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Delegate count goes to Sanders in Clark County (Original Post)
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Apr 2016
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Skwmom
(12,685 posts)1. Interesting Read of what went on:
Henhouse
(646 posts)2. Winning dirty.. Although, according to your post he didn't actually win, yet
Heres what that means for the national convention: First off, Sanders didnt win the Nevada caucus. But he did pick up more delegates on Saturday. The Nevada State Democratic Party is sending 43 delegates from the state convention to the national convention.
Initially, Clintons margin had shown a lead of 20 delegates to 15 delegates for Sanders. Out of the 43 delegates, eight of them are superdelegates, who are tweaked: party leaders and elected officials who arent pledged to a candidate.
That lead has now whittled to 18 delegates for Clinton and 17 delegates for Sanders, under current projections. For those to move forward, Sanders delegates will need to show up at the state convention too. That one-delegate margin also doesnt include how super-delegates will vote either, a factor that could increase Clintons margin of victory.
Initially, Clintons margin had shown a lead of 20 delegates to 15 delegates for Sanders. Out of the 43 delegates, eight of them are superdelegates, who are tweaked: party leaders and elected officials who arent pledged to a candidate.
That lead has now whittled to 18 delegates for Clinton and 17 delegates for Sanders, under current projections. For those to move forward, Sanders delegates will need to show up at the state convention too. That one-delegate margin also doesnt include how super-delegates will vote either, a factor that could increase Clintons margin of victory.
Land of Enchantment
(1,217 posts)3. Leaving out the super delegates it does appear to be a TIE
and so I have painted Nevada purple.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)4. I believe this is incorrect, because Bernie will now tie or win every district or statewide grouping
of delegates. The 19-16 split for Bernie seems to make the most sense, based on the new math.