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2016 Postmortem

Stallion

(6,481 posts)

6. Its is a Relevant Metric that Will Almost Inevitably Come Into Play

Reply to speaktruthtopower (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 26, 2016, 06:15 PM

Mar 2016

you need to deal with that fact

when all the primaries and caucus are over there is a good chance that neither candidate will have the needed delegates. There is a decent to strong probability they will decide the nomination because 50% of the delegates awarded from primaries and caucuses are NOT enough to win the nomination

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Notice How CNN Invariably Includes Superdelegates in its Comparison Graphics.. [View all] speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 OP

And that lead will definitely be less after today. SheilaT Mar 2016 #1

They showed the delegate counts with and without superdelegates. RandySF Mar 2016 #2

Almost Never... speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 #3

They did about 15 minutes ago. RandySF Mar 2016 #4

Its is a Relevant Metric that Will Almost Inevitably Come Into Play Stallion Mar 2016 #6

but it's not on their running tag that they keep on the screen nt TheDormouse Mar 2016 #9

It's unprecedented. AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #5

Do you know the history of the superdelegates? Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #8

Wow. Pretty ugly laid out like that. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2016 #16

She will probably have more superdelegates closer to the convention Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #7

300 delegates is not a modest lead nt. Trenzalore Mar 2016 #10

i agree they should not include superdelegates. But 300 is a big JI7 Mar 2016 #11

It is.. speaktruthtopower Mar 2016 #12

In huge block graphics that take up 1/4 of the TV. mhatrw Mar 2016 #13

The full count, always. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #14

it is infuriating; every channel does this; my husband was flipping through them and even Al Jazzera amborin Mar 2016 #15