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Related: About this forumPlease, help me get the math right here.
20%are superdelegates, iow HRC delegates.
So she only needs 31% of the elected delegates,
but Bernie would need 66% of those to succeed.
If so, that is a "himalayan " mountain to climb.
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Please, help me get the math right here. (Original Post)
sadoldgirl
Aug 2015
OP
He's already climbed mountains that were supposedly not possible for him to climb.
sabrina 1
Aug 2015
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truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)1. your concern is noted
Demeter
(85,373 posts)2. Those superdelegates can change their minds
and I'll bet you they do
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)3. Not all superdelegates will vote one way.
They never do. So it may be a climb, but not as much of one as you think it may be.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)4. He's already climbed mountains that were supposedly not possible for him to climb.
Not worried about this at all.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)5. I hope you are right about changing of
the votes. I just tried to calculate, and was very
depressed. Thanks for getting me in a somewhat
better mood!
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)6. The hope is that the Superdelegates won't over rule the will
of their constituents.
She seemed to flirt with this back in '08 and it didn't work.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)7. During the 2008 election if I am not mistaken. A lot of the super-delegates
voted the way their state voted. They did not go against the winner of the primary in their state. Hopefully they will do his again.