About next week's DC primary:
20 pledged delegates are at stake there, which would make no difference, really, since Hillary has almost 150 pledged delegates over the 2026 majority number.
However, given the demographics in DC and the fact that it is the seat of federal government, it's very unlikely that she will get less than 14 or 15 of those 20 pledged delegates. DC will vote for her, probably with at least a 70-30 percentage result.
Really, the only thing the DC primary does is end the primary election season officially. It doesn't matter, really, in the outcome.
Bernie's going to be on the ballot. He's going to hold a rally there on Thursday, assuming he doesn't cancel after meeting with President Obama. It won't matter. The die is cast and will probably increase her margin of victory. It's entirely possible that he will lose badly enough there to not be viable and get none of DC's pledged delegates.
DC ends it. But that's only symbolic. It was over as soon as Clinton hit the 2026 number of pledged delegates. The Super Delegates will give her their votes at the convention, even including some who had previously declared support for Sanders. It's very, very likely that the ballot at the convention will be a vote by acclamation, rather than a state-by-state roll call. Bernie will probably make the motion to do that, as Hillary did in 2008.
Will Bernie's pledged delegates raise a stink at the convention? They might, but Bernie Sanders is likely to ask them not to do that. Will protests and demonstrations outside of the convention still occur? Probably, but they'll be smaller in number and not really covered much by the media.
This primary season is effectively over, as of this morning, with all votes counted. Bernie exceeded expectations in these primaries, but still lost with a double digit margin. He strove mightily, but lost. The 2016 Democratic primary is in the books, and DC won't change anything.
Congratulations, Hillary. It was a long campaign, and you won handily.
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