Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton win the same number of New Hampshire delegates
Sorry Bernie supporters but the system is rigged, and I am not talking about the economic system a la your hero. No, I am talking about the Democratic primary and if the establishment is successful your candidate is not going to win.
You might think it was a remarkable stroke of good luck that Hillary Clinton won six coin tosses in a row and you might even believe that several delegates were wrongly allotted to the former Secretary of State in Iowa, but this next story should be extremely hard to swallow.
Have you wondered why Hillary Clinton does not feel like this was a big loss? Well, that is because it was not: even though Bernie Sanders thoroughly thrashed Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire Democratic primary the two candidates have won the same amount of delegates.
Here is more:
Hillary Clinton is expected to leave New Hampshire with just as many delegates as Bernie Sanders, even after he crushed her in Tuesday’s presidential primary.Sanders won 15 delegates with his 20-point victory Tuesday while Clinton won nine.But Clinton came into the contest with the support of six superdelegates, who are state party insiders given the freedom to support any candidate they choose.
The Clinton campaign has mounted an aggressive effort to secure about 360 superdelegates across the country, according to The Associated Press. Sanders has a total of eight superdelegates.
Interesting. So the Republicans don’t have superdelegates?
Anyway, here’s an interesting article (though it gets a bit tedious when it delves into the stats and percentages, an area beloved of many political junkies).
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/3/1479118/-New-Hampshire-Delegate-Mathematics
Take good care and may God bless us all!
TGY
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There are fewer of them but the Republicans have superdelegates. There are three from each state and they are supposedly obligated to vote for the primary winner so it is more like they are having a place saved for them at the dinner plate.
I was speaking specifically to Bernie Sanders’ supporters in the wake of what they thought was a big win which is why I talked only about the Democratic superdelegates.
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