2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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7. The candidate with the most pledged delegates at the convention will be the nominee.

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:31 AM

Mar 2016

I don't think there is any question about that. Everyone should be ready for that to happen. Once the delegate count is known, we'll have our nominee, based on who gets the most pledged delegates.

As long as that happens, there should be no room for arguments about who won. It will be time to work toward electing that nominee in November.

It doesn't matter which states provided the delegates. It doesn't matter who won more states. The only thing that matters is the delegate count. The superdelegates will honor the proportional delegate count at the convention.

There will be a clear winner. No question about it. I will be supporting and campaigning for that winner, whoever it is.

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1332 pledged delegates are assigned so far. Can we all just agree on the arithmetic? [View all] Recursion Mar 2016 OP

54% is correct. Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #1

And by the way, on superdelegates, Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #2

Only if the super delegates think that Sanders would help party and down ballot candidates Gothmog Mar 2016 #4

And they will make that decision by July, and they will deal with the consequences. Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #12

Why Hillary Clinton’s delegate lead over Bernie Sanders is bigger than it looks Gothmog Mar 2016 #3

Comparing her lead to a past race does not make her lead bigger. morningfog Mar 2016 #5

Yes and a 90 delegate lead was sufficient for Obama Gothmog Mar 2016 #6

The candidate with the most pledged delegates at the convention will be the nominee. MineralMan Mar 2016 #7

Here is a good video on the delegate math Gothmog Mar 2016 #8

Yes. It's unlikely, although not impossible, that Bernie will win the nomination bigwillq Mar 2016 #9

So Sanders only needs to win 54% of the remaining elected delegates! That's doable! imagine2015 Mar 2016 #10

700 delegates up for grabs today oberliner Mar 2016 #11

Agreed Recursion Mar 2016 #14

You got no issue from me nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #13

What really matters is that Bernie fight for every delegate between now and the convention. aikoaiko Mar 2016 #15