In Face of Public Apathy, Hillary Depends on Superdelegates to Hand Her the Nomination


 

Hillary Clinton has once already proved herself an incompetent campaigner in 2008, and her stint as Secretary of State has done little to quell Democrat’s fears that she could lose the primary all over again in 2016. In order to remedy this, she’s managed to get some help from powerful friends in the media and party establishment.

On Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) swept Democrat caucuses in Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii. The scale of his victories in each state is a story in itself. He won 70 percent of the vote in Washington and Hawaii and a staggering 80 percent in Alaska. The victories underscore how close the race for the Democrat nomination actually is.

Currently, Hillary Clinton has just over 1,700 delegates in her quest for the Democrat nomination, while Bernie Sanders has just over 1,000. He will likely pick up additional delegates after Saturday’s final results are tabulated, but, on the surface, he still looks to be trailing Clinton by a wide margin.

Much of Clinton’s margin over Sanders, however, is built on support from “superdelegates,” a class of delegates unique to the Democrat party. Superdelegates aren’t bound to any candidate until they cast their vote at the Democrat National Convention. Legally, they can switch their support at any time.

Setting aside the pledges of the superdelegates, the margin between Clinton and Sanders is much more narrow. Clinton has just over 1,200 delegates awarded through primary and caucus voting, while Sanders has over 1,000. There are still around 2,000 delegates available through the remaining primaries.

One of the more disengenuous actions of the media in this primary season has been to count “superdelegates” in Clinton’s tally of delegates. The media didn’t do this in 2008, when she also had a huge lead in the number of superdelegates who were pledged to her before the DNC convention.

Poor Hillary can’t seem to do anything without someone else help. She wouldn’t be relevant without her husband, and she wouldn’t be winning without her powerful connections in the media and within her own party. It seems the Democrat party is going to force the failed politician on their party whether they like it or not.

Source: Brietbart



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