02-29-2020, 12:42 AM
(02-28-2020, 11:41 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: If he had 70% of the delegates he would win the nomination. You need a simple majority of the regular delegates to win the nomination. Super delegates only come into play if that doesn't happen and a 2nd round of delegate voting occurs at the convention.
With regards to 2016, that's false. Clinton had 55% of the regular delegates and Bernie 45%. The process was different in 2016 and super delegates were part of the first vote equation, but Bernie would have needed over 75% of the super delegates to beat Clinton because she had such a large lead over him.
Yeah, the whole "super delegates" versus just allowing the State election delegates to decide the winner is puzzling to me. Why complicate a process that seems to be working well?
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