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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:00 PM Mar 2016

Here is the Super Tuesday math:

Twelve states and one territory head to the polls today, in what could be the turning point in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Delegate counts and the latest polls show that Donald Trump could potentially clinch the Republican nomination this month if he does well.
Super Tuesday puts 24 percent of the GOP’s delegates up for grabs; Trump currently has 81 of the 1,237 delegates needed to win his party’s nomination.

A good day for Hillary Clinton could widen her currently narrow lead over Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders.
Almost 1,000 delegates will be awarded among the Democrats today; Clinton already has 544 of the 2,382 needed to head to the general election.

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datguy_6

(176 posts)
1. Nicely deceiving...please just stick to pledged delegates
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:04 PM
Mar 2016

The Super Delegates will jump ship like rats on the Titanic when the subpoenas and criminal referral come down...

Gothmog

(145,176 posts)
3. Super delegates will vote in the best interest of the party including down ballot races
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:09 PM
Mar 2016

Sanders will have a very hard time convincing people who are loyal to the Democratic Party to vote for someone who would kill down ballot candidates

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
4. Although it's interesting to watch the superdelegates,
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:12 PM
Mar 2016

I don't count them during the primary campaign, only the proportionally allocated pledged delegates. Clinton will widen her lead in pledged delegates today by a goodly amount. That's what really matters.

By the convention, it will be very clear who is the winner in the primaries. The superdelegates will simply follow the will of the voters, in the end. I do doubt that many will have to change their current voting intentions, though.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
6. Whenever I hear people falsely include superdelegates in their posts, I do this.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 01:58 PM
Mar 2016

*turn the volume down before clicking*

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