Sanders Puts Emphasis on Delegate Math
On the eve of a five-state showdown Tuesday Bernie Sanders’s campaign has dropped its focus on winning marquee states in favor of scooping up delegates anywhere it can find them, hoping to show he still has a chance of overcoming Hillary Clinton’s large lead and capturing the Democratic presidential nomination.
Mr. Sanders’s shift in strategy is a response to the hard realities of delegate math: Despite an upset victory in Michigan last week that cheered his supporters he is losing ground to Mrs. Clinton and in danger of reaching the point where it is impossible to catch up.
Two states where the Sanders campaign concedes he will have a tough time winning Tuesday are Florida and North Carolina. Rather than cede them to Mrs. Clinton and focus on winning a trio of Midwestern states where his prospects are brighter, Mr. Sanders late last week expanded his television advertising in certain Florida and North Carolina markets, his advisers said. The idea is to pluck a few extra delegates in the face of an expected Clinton victory in both states.
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But the limitations of targeting a few high-profile states have become clear. Delegates are awarded proportionally based on results and because of Mrs. Clinton’s lopsided victories in Southern states she has taken a commanding lead.
Take the case of Michigan. For all the attention paid to Mr. Sanders’s upset victory there, the tight margins in the race—he won by 1.5 percentage points—meant he netted just seven more pledged delegates than Mrs. Clinton. Meanwhile, Mrs. Clinton won 26 more delegates than Mr. Sanders in Mississippi, which she won in a landslide. So, when the voting was all done that night, Mr. Sanders won the headline while Mrs. Clinton expanded her lead by 19 delegates.
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Jesus, let the people decide who they want to vote for, and take all these editorials and bern them!!
A novel concept.