This is where the pledged delegate count stands this morning

[tk2kewl]

Last edited Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:59 AM - Edit history (1)

There are 4,051 total pledged delegates in the primary.

Clinton has 633 pledged delegates so far or 15.6% of the total.

Sander has 414 pledged delegates so far or 10.2% of the total.

With 74.2% of the pledged delegates and 34 more states remaining.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. That's a nastier lead than I was hoping for.

Bernie's margins took a nasty blow to his momentum from SC.

[Sherman A1]

2. I don't think it's all that bad.

Yes, Hillary is ahead, but all things considered not by all that much. There is a whole lot of delegates to be won or lost by both campaigns in the coming weeks.

[Shadowflash]

8. Not to mention

That this was HRC's big hurrah.

From here on out she doesn't have the big advantages she had in these states and the race will tighten.

[PatrynXX]

32. after last night he's kicking some serious butt

never thought he'd get a Southern state like OK . O_O

[Plucketeer]

34. I think Clinton's campaign was hoping this would be Bernie's Waterloo

Well, it wasn't.

[tk2kewl]

4. I really wanted him to get MA

Very close

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. The demographics are stark. Richer towns went to her, less affluent to Bernie. This map

shows how the 'rest of us' feel about the choice of leadership for change:

A less than two percent margin over all, but the geography is telling. Here is a

town by town breakdown (some STILL not reporting in as of 8 a.m.)

http://graphics.latimes.com/election-2016-massachusetts-results/

[beerandjesus]

20. Big +1, I'm fascinated by this dynamic.

In fact, I thought the Oklahoma breakdown was even more interesting.

http://graphics.latimes.com/election-2016-oklahoma-results/

[FailureToCommunicate]

21. Wow! That IS a stark divide.

[beerandjesus]

22. Isn't it? Kinda hearkens back to a century ago, when the East Coast elites....

...were scared shitless of the left-wing radicals coming out of places like rural Kansas. Obviously, I think there's a huge difference in scale, and I'm not gonna sit here and argue that we're going to see a new Socialist movement coming out of rural Oklahoma, especially since places like Tulsa are hardly "affluent" when compared with Boston.

But still, people way out in the Oklahoma panhandle aren't stupid... give them something to vote FOR, and look what happens!

[PatrynXX]

36. really interesting where Trump Wins Hillary Wins

Coincidence or is it the Rich

[JudyM]

33. New Bedford, where bully boy bullhorned, is less affluent. No surprise there.

[tk2kewl]

28. your skepticism is not just paranoia

[jeff47]

37. +2 delegates is not a big deal. Whether that's Sanders or Clinton getting the +2

It's not like MA was going to be a blow-out for either.

[tk2kewl]

38. still would have been a good story and boost

but 34 more states to go!

[TBF]

10. Southern states -

but the good thing is a lot more states to come. That's only 15 of them. 35 to go. At this point in 2008 she was also winning. I am not jumping for joy or anything, but we're still in this.

[VulgarPoet]

3. That's honestly a lot better than I expected.

I've got really good feelings about the fifteenth.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. It ain't over. Clinton did not deliver a knockout.

[AllyCat]

6. This is the number total I was hoping to see.

The South. I really thought Clinton would do well there. We must work, but there is no reason to be alarmed yet. Except Trump. That is alarming.

[tk2kewl]

7. There's a long way to go

I will ignore super delegates until we have all voted

[jg10003]

35. Exactly what we should do

[greymouse]

13. Bernie beats Trump ref the polls

I think it will be ever better than that. I think a lot of Independents, given a choice between Trump and Bernie, will vote Bernie. Even my Repub relatives are for Bernie.

[AllyCat]

17. That's what I was thinking.

Republicans disgusted by trump and not liking Clinton, will consider Sanders.

[stillwaiting]

9. Did the entire media include superdelegates in overall counts early in the Primary season

in previous Democratic contests?

I honestly don't remember.

To be clear, I don't think they should ever include them since they are not finalized votes, but I'm just curious if this year they are blatantly trying to manage public opinion and manufacture consent in a way that they didn't do before.

[TBF]

11. I haven't noticed them doing it before -

and yes they are trying to manage public opinion. The NY Times has been especially horrible.

[jeff47]

39. No. They talked about pledged, and then talked about superdelegates separately. (nt)

[greymouse]

12. Bernie has good states coming up

Don't buy the MSM crap. Just ignore them.

[Cobalt Violet]

25. Yup, they had him only winning VT last night.

He won 4 states last night and they're still not covering him.

[Martin Eden]

14. Thank you for those facts.

This contest is far from over, though the political establishment and media pundits want to make us believe it is.

[Betty Karlson]

16. Now that (!) is excellent news!

Especially since Sanders is still rising in the polls, and the upcoming primaries will demographically favour him more and more.

[tk2kewl]

18. yep... it's just getting interesting

[Jester Messiah]

19. There's a lot of country left to go. n/t

[pengu]

23. I'm with Bernie to the end

He's got my vote on March 15 (Florida).

[mnhtnbb]

24. I'm STILL voting for Bernie this Thursday--early voting in NC--

before we leave on a trip Sunday. Our primary is March 15th while we'll be out of town.

[Faux pas]

26. Kickin'

[WillyT]

30. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[tk2kewl]

31. keep on truckin'...

we have a long haul ahead of us, but we can do this

[rhett o rick]

40. Thanks for posting. nm

[tk2kewl]

41. with all the spin out there, simple facts tend to be overlooked

we have a steep hill to climb, but Bernie isn't giving up and neither are we

[SheenaR]

42. We are in decent but not great shape

It's going to take a shift in campaigning. I don't have time for another OP right now, but Bernie has to target the big states and HIT THE CITIES. We crushed ALL of Mass except the cities. We lose them everywhere.

This should have happened long ago. Get into Detroit, Flint, Lansing. Get into Chicago. I'm not talking North Side. South Side Chicago. Get in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn. Get in Miami, Orlando, Tampa.

If we are going for the win then we have to actually GO FOR THE WIN.

Thanks for the update