After a very good weekend in which fortune fell upon Bernie Sanders like a bird alighting on a podium, you could be forgiven for thinking the Sanders campaign has momentum.
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Sanders’ victories are impressive, but to repeat myself, you don’t win the primary with states; you win it with delegates. And even after Saturday, Sanders trails behind Clinton in “pledged” delegates awarded through voting. Before Saturday, the former secretary of state led Sanders by 294 pledged delegates. After Saturday, she led by 259. With just under 2,000 pledged delegates left in the contest, Sanders needs 55 percent of remaining delegates to win a majority. If you add “superdelegates” (Democratic lawmakers and officials) to the total, then Sanders needs 66 percent of remaining delegates to score a majority.