After Crushing Defeat, DNC Quirk Still Gives Hillary More New Hampshire Delegates Than Sanders

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The Daily Caller – by Derek Hunter

Though Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide over Hillary Clinton, he will likely receive fewer delegates than she will.

Sanders won 60 percent of the vote, but thanks to the Democratic Party’s nominating system, he leaves the Granite State with at least 13 delegates while she leaves with at least 15 delegates.  

New Hampshire has 24 “pledged” delegates, which are allotted based on the popular vote. Sanders has 13, and Clinton has 9, with 2 currently allotted to neither.

But under Democratic National Committee rules, New Hampshire also has 8 “superdelegates,” party officials who are free to commit to whomever they like, regardless of how their state votes. Their votes count the same as delegates won through the primary.

New Hampshire has 8 superdelegates, 6 of which are committed to Hillary Clinton, giving her a total of 15 delegates from New Hampshire as of Wednesday at 9 a.m.

The state’s 2 remaining superdelegates remain uncommitted.

In the overall delegate count, Clinton holds a commanding lead after a razor-thin victory in Iowa and a shellacking in New Hampshire. Clinton has 394 delegates, both super and electorally assigned, to only 42 for Sanders.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/10/hillary-earns-more-new-hampshire-delegates-than-sanders-after-loss/#ixzz403YHjLIi

6 thoughts on “After Crushing Defeat, DNC Quirk Still Gives Hillary More New Hampshire Delegates Than Sanders

  1. This is the warmup to her ‘win’; It must seem at least SOMEWHAT plausible….

    “Madam President”.

    Accept or revolt.

  2. “Clinton has 394 delegates, both super and electorally assigned, to only 42 for Sanders.”

    That extensive trail of bodies behind her has a chilling effect on some.

    I’ve never called it any other way… Hitlery.

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