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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:38 PM Mar 2016

Clinton 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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revbones

(3,660 posts)
5. 35 contests left... 26 are favorable to Bernie for one reason or another
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:44 PM
Mar 2016

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
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 01:45 PM
Mar 2016

Can't afford to sit on a lead. Gotta go for the jugular when you've got 'em on the ropes.

 

litlbilly

(2,227 posts)
9. One more thing calid, you just cant bring yourself to congratulate Bernie on his amazing win
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:01 PM
Mar 2016

in a state Hillary was supposed to win by over 20? I take all your OP's with the grain of salt they deserve.

Vinca

(50,170 posts)
11. If Bernie can win some more midwest states and some western states, he can
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:16 PM
Mar 2016

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.

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