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Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:48 AM

In case anyone is interested in the delegates gained tonight (rather than states) [View all]

Although we all get into the excitement of winning and losing states, the Democratic nomination is apparently to be decided by delegates, not by number of states won. Winning a state by a couple of percentage points does not net you a lot more delegates. And in fact you could come out 'winning' a state but getting fewer delegates, due to the algorithms different states use. Here are numbers I have found so far, on Green Papers:

. . . . Clinton . . . Sanders
FL___93_______57
NC___61______46
OH__78_______65
IL___43_______49
MO__31_______34
___________________
___306_______251

So looks like Clinton will increase her lead by about 50 or 60 delegates, not quite the wipeout that some people are trying to make it seem like. Interesting to me is that Sanders may come out of Illinois with more delegates than Hillary despite that we will be told he 'lost' that state.

edit to add: and apparently we will also be told she 'won' Missouri, although it looks like Sanders will get more delegates!

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