So it is official, Clinton has a lead in terms of “committed delegates”, “automatic delegates” and “popular vote” in another large state.
Hillary Clinton will net 12 delegates from her presidential primary win in Pennsylvania, according to an analysis by The Morning Call of unofficial vote totals released by the state Friday.The New York senator, who won the primary with 55 percent of the vote, will pick up a total 85 pledged delegates, a dozen more than Barack Obama, who will gain 73.
While the statewide vote count has been known since the night of the Democratic primary, the results within each of the state’s 19 congressional districts have taken longer to tally. Because two-thirds of the 158 pledged delegates up for grabs are apportioned based on votes in each congressional district, a final delegate total has been unavailable until now.
Clinton’s 9-point victory gave her 30 of the 55 delegates who were divvied up based solely on the statewide vote count. She won an additional 55 of the delegates based on the results in individual congressional districts, with the bulk coming from the Philadelphia suburbs and northeastern and western Pennsylvania.
One significant victory for her came in the 11th District, which includes Scranton, where she and Obama made a combined half-dozen appearances during the six-week contest. There, Clinton won 71 percent of the vote, giving her just enough to claim four of the five delegates.
In the 15th District, which includes much of the Lehigh Valley, Clinton won with 61 percent of the vote. She took three of the five delegates.
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Interesting.
I always think it’s amazing how language works. I’ve never met you, or even really noted your writing but I can tell you’re a Hillary supporter simply by your use of the term “automatic.”
This is a symptom of what wrong with politics. 1984 was not intended to be a manual for running a campaign.
The talking points go like this: We have always courted the votes of “automatic delegates” and Barack has always been our enemy. Right?
I’m interested in what
I’m interested in what you have to say, but I’m completely lost. Please dummy it down for me.
Isn't it up to the superdelegates now?
My understanding is that neither Hillary or Barack can win without the superdelegates, so the next few elections don’t really matter that much unless Hillary loses all of them.
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