In case you thought that Bernie Sanders and his 60%-38% drubbing of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire last night was a victory, think again. It was a tie:
JUST IN: Clinton likely to receive same number of delegates as Sanders despite huge NH loss https://t.co/J8oZXoemNz pic.twitter.com/wpxIB6rhDu
— The Hill (@thehill) February 10, 2016
Superdelegates to Hillary’s rescue! From The Hill:
Hillary Clinton is expected to leave New Hampshire with just as many delegates as Bernie Sanders, even after he crushed her in Tuesday’s presidential primary.
Sanders had won 13 delegates with his 20-point victory on Tuesday and is expected to raise that total to 15 by the time all of the votes are counted.
Two of the state’s 24 delegates are currently unpledged but will likely be awarded to Sanders once the results are finalized.
Clinton won nine delegates in the primary but came into the contest with the support of six superdelegates, who are state party insiders given the freedom to support any candidate they choose.Superdelegate support is fluid, though, so some of those delegates now backing Clinton could switch to Sanders before the Democratic National Convention in late July.
But as it stands, the superdelegate support gives Clinton a total of 15 New Hampshire delegates.
Feel the burn, Bernie. This time from team Clinton.
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