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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 08:39 AM Jun 2016

Clinton Poised For Weekend Bounce

With 60 delegates at stake, Puerto Rico's primary can push Hillary Clinton to the brink of nomination.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have both offered plans to solve Puerto Rico's debt crisis. They've invested a roughly equal number of time campaigning there over the past three weeks. But unlike other recent contests where Sanders closed to within striking distance in the final days, leaving the eventual outcome up in the air, few expect the territory to do anything other than deliver a Clinton victory.
There's just too much history with the Clintons, and too many hurdles for Sanders to overcome in a place where the former secretary of state won by a landslide over Barack Obama in 2008.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-puerto-rico-primary-delegates-223883#ixzz4Ac7Vgn1X
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Clinton Poised For Weekend Bounce (Original Post) NCTraveler Jun 2016 OP
How big would Hillary need to win to get all of the delegates? Renew Deal Jun 2016 #1
All Democratic primaries have an 85% threshold for that, I believe Tarc Jun 2016 #3
Hillary's momentum is on the rise. Trust Buster Jun 2016 #2
She's going to talk at Trampolines R Us? NV Whino Jun 2016 #4

Tarc

(10,475 posts)
3. All Democratic primaries have an 85% threshold for that, I believe
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:22 AM
Jun 2016

Bernie, as expected, hit it in his home state of Vermont on Super Tuesday.

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