Superdelegate recap, please.

[Whisp]

i've been out of the loop and lost track - some posts here say that there is now only a 15 difference and more are coming onboard to Obama.

[DangerDave921]

1. I heard

they're all flocking to Al Gore or John Edwards to save us from ourselves!

[habitual]

YES, i'll take that anyday! n/t

:)

[grantcart]

2. Clinton is now 15.5 ahead

[shraby]

3. Dailykos has it posted at the top of their front page.

[grantcart]

4. More details here

DemconWatch has the details here http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/ultimate-delegate-summary.html


Over the next week the following add ons are expected



Utah 1 5/9/2008 Elected by a quorum of district level delegates during the State Convention
Massachusetts 2 5/10/2008 Elected by the State Party Committee
Ohio 2 5/10/2008 Selected by the State Executive Committee
Colorado 1 5/17/2008 Selected during the State Convention
Kansas 1 5/17/2008 Selected during the State Convention


Based on their state's primary votes you would expect them to be split 4-4

[TheDoorbellRang]

5. 15.5, per DCW

Here's the super delegate tracking history since January from DCW

..........HC....BO......HC Lead..HC%
1/13...165....69..........96......71%
1/20...171....77..........94......69%
1/27...184....88..........96......68%
2/3....198...105..........93......65%
2/10...224...127..........97......64%
2/17...238...160.5.......77.5....60%
2/24...238...174..........64......58%
3/2.....240...193..........47......55%
3/9.....244...205..........39......54%
3/16...244...208..........36......54%
3/23...246...210..........36......54%
3/30...246...212..........34......54%
4/6.....245...221..........24......53%
4/13...249...223..........26......53%
4/20...255...230..........25......53%
4/27...257...235..........22......52%
5/4.....269...248..........21......52%


Here are today's totals:
5/6....269.5...254..........15.5...51% :toast:

[MindMatter]

6. Where did that 15.5 come from?

I don't see that at demconwatch

[TheDoorbellRang]

8. Their tracking chart shows the weekly tracking on every Sunday

The last line I added is their record as of today. As of today, Clinton has 269.5 and Obama has 254, for a difference of 15.5.

[MindMatter]

12. According to whom?

Did you just make that up, or did you find it somewhere? I don't see it on the DemConWatch site.

[TheDoorbellRang]

14. I "made up" that 269.5 - 254 = 15.5

Here is the link showing the weekly tracking record:
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/superdelegate-history-tracker.html

If you look to the left, you will note the daily totals, which are 269.5 for Clinton and 254 for Obama. The math showing the difference was fairly simple.

[MindMatter]

15. OK. Now I see it. Sorry.

[TheDoorbellRang]

16. 'Salright. n/t

[Jersey Devil]

11. Look at the top left graphic on their page - the half vote is from Guam (nt)

[NightWatcher]

7. who counts as half a Super Delegate?

doesn't that make them not too super

[TheDoorbellRang]

9. Lot of half delegates in the US territories

The one in Clinton's column is a super delegate from Democrats abroad. The eight pledged delegates in Guam are each worth one half, and Clinton and Obama split them evenly for a result of 2 to 2. OTOH the super delegates from Guam are worth one full vote each. As someone said in another thread, having half delegates just means they get to send more people to the convention to party.

[grantcart]

10. Democrats Abroad - in order to get more reps in more countries they split the delegates into 2

[tiptoe]

13. Delegate MATH, Pledged and Super: What's At Stake Today, and What Obama Needs to Clinch

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5843441 ( x )