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Party insiders give Clinton early, commanding delegate edge
Fox News ^ | 11/13/2015 | AP

Posted on 11/13/2015 9:07:20 AM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up public support from half of the Democratic insiders who cast ballots at the party's national convention, giving her a commanding advantage over her rivals for the party's presidential nomination.

Clinton's margin over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is striking. Not only is it big, but it comes more than two months before primary voters head to the polls -- an early point in the race for so many of the people known as superdelegates to publicly back a candidate.

The Associated Press contacted all 712 superdelegates in the past two weeks, and heard back from more than 80 percent. They were asked which candidate they plan to support at the convention next summer.

The results:

Clinton: 359.

Sanders: 8.

O'Malley: 2.

Uncommitted: 210.

The 712 superdelegates make up about 30 percent of the 2,382 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination. That means that more than two months before voting starts, Clinton already has 15 percent of the delegates she needs.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; clinton; hillaryclinton; primary; superdelegates
Clinton only needs about 31% of the Democratic primary vote to become the nominee. It's all over but the crying from Bernie's socialist Internet fans.
1 posted on 11/13/2015 9:07:21 AM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Oh great!

This will either torpedo the criminal once and for all, or finish destroying our economy and culture.

For those who missed it the first time...
Classic Hillary "Crime Inc" summary :

Hillary Clinton's Empire of Dirt

ENJOY!

2 posted on 11/13/2015 9:25:37 AM PST by publius911 (Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

eh. could backfire. People don’t take kindly to having candidates shoved down their throats. They either vote against or abstain.


3 posted on 11/13/2015 9:29:04 AM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: wiggen

Most Rat voters are robots, they do as they’re told.


4 posted on 11/13/2015 9:30:43 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

The D party commits suicide


5 posted on 11/13/2015 10:06:09 AM PST by faithhopecharity (Brilliant, funny, and incisive Tagline coming to this space soon.....)
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To: wiggen

That’s why the Rat bosses offered up such a pathetic cast of candidates. A jurassic hippie and a governor nobody even knows.

Last time around they did the same - putting up a raging Marxist and a clown. It backfired of course, and those two are now in office!

So this time, in addition to the pathetic opposition, they have decided to limit the Rat debates to just 6...Hillary polls best when not seen or heard (this has been proven many times).

Oh, and the rest of their plan includes convincing Karl Rove et al to get a Romcdolbush nominated...and that part isn’t qoing so well for the Rats.


6 posted on 11/13/2015 10:08:18 AM PST by lacrew
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