Choose Your Own Democratic Endgame!

What if Hillary Clinton wins Ohio but not Texas? What if they split? What if Barack Obama loses all of the March 4 primaries but posts routs in North Carolina and Pennsylvania? How many superdelegates do the candidates need?

To answer these hypotheticals and many more, CNN established a fun and addicting “delegate counter,” which allows you to allocate delegates from remaining primaries to the candidates in proportions of your choosing.

Including today, there are 16 remaining nominating contests and (according to the latest estimates) 364 uncommitted superdelegates up for grabs.

One thing our experimenting has shown is that it’s going to be awfully hard for either candidate to hit 2,025 without unexpected landslide wins or a major shift among superdelegates. We could be looking at (gulp) a brokered convention.

Click on the game to play

Delegate Counter

 

One Response to “Choose Your Own Democratic Endgame!”

  1. Jim Says:

    Your analysis looks good to me. I agree with that but have to wonder what affect Repuplicans voting for Hillary in Texas will have. I really can’t see Hillary backing out either unless she loses all four and still I don’t think she cares about the party only herself!

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