In another example, the results that were first given out showed Clinton winning 699.57 to 695.49 but a caucus report from Precinct #42 was missing. The next day, the Des Moines Register ran an article (2/2/2016) that gave an account of how this precinct managed to follow through with the caucus process when no one appeared to officially organize it. The results showed Bernie with two more delegates than Clinton, narrowing Clinton's already slim margin -- 699.57 to 697.77.
The Sanders campaign has asked for release of the raw vote totals. Since the State Democratic Party is in Clinton's corner would there have been tolerance for shenanigans in some caucuses that shifted the vote in favor of Clinton?
Winning The Nomination
The total number of delegates at the Democratic Convention that will take place in Philadelphia from July 26th--28th will be 4763. A candidate will need 2382 votes to become the Party's nominee for president.
Since Martin O'Malley has suspended his campaign, there are currently only two candidates vying for this nomination. The Party is including in the running tally the number of SuperDelegates that have actually committed to a candidate as the campaign season gets underway. Since we know that virtually all these delegates support Hillary Clinton whether or not they have committed to vote for her as yet, her number of delegates will always exceed that for Sanders as the campaigns move along. Regardless of how many delegates have actually been won through the primary contest. We can be certain that Bernie's data folks will be keeping track of how many delegates Hillary has minus the Supers. But will the public understand what is happening?
Now"there's been a fair amount of talk about whether Sanders' supporters will vote for Hillary should she become the nominee. NO mention has been made about the Party regulars as well as Superdelegates voting for Bernie if he wins the nomination.
Mark these words: most of the SuperDelegates will not. Bernie is a threat to their status quo, to the power that is based on their own campaign contributors and their control of the legislative agenda. If they can't have Hillary, they would rather have a Republican in the Oval Office than Bernie Sanders.
One tactic in countering the Supers' power at the convention is to put together a delegation or a petition that gives fair warning to these congressional office-holders in the individual states that they will rue the day if they vote to give the nomination to Clinton when Bernie won it, fair and square, through the primary process.
"ENOUGH is ENOUGH!"
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