Clinton’s Growing Delegate Lead Is Nearly Unbeatable

Clinton’s Growing Delegate Lead Is Nearly Unbeatable

COURTESY: GREGOR AISCH, JOSH KATZ, JOSH KELLER and ALICIA PARLAPIANO OF NEW YORK TIMES

 

Hillary Clinton won the majority of delegates in Tuesday’s contests, widening her delegate lead over Bernie Sanders and making it increasingly difficult for him to catch up.

Democratic delegates are awarded proportionally by congressional district, and in states that have voted so far, Mrs. Clinton has won more than half of the vote on average.

For Mr. Sanders to overtake Mrs. Clinton, he would need to win the remaining races with an average of more than 60 percent of the vote.

Mr. Sanders is also significantly trailing Mrs. Clinton in super delegates, the roughly 700 Democratic Party officials whose support counts toward the nomination. But super delegates generally support the candidate who receives the most pledged delegates, and they are free to switch candidates at any time before the convention in July.

This interactive delegate calculator uses each state’s delegate allocation rules, along with estimates of how favorable each district is for each candidate. To compute these estimates, we used a model based on polling, demographics and results from past primaries and caucuses.

 

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

HRC (Human Rights Commission) today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across the nation, unanimously voted to endorse Secretary Clinton -- an endorsement she will accept next Sunday, January 24 at an event in Des Moines, Iowa with HRC President Chad Griffin and the organization’s members and supporters.

Today’s endorsement comes at a time when the stakes could not be higher for the LGBT community.

HRC President Chad Griffin said “While Republicans fight to take us backwards, Hillary Clinton is fighting to advance LGBT equality across our nation and throughout the world. We are proud to endorse Hillary Clinton for president, and believe that she is the champion we can count on in November -- and every day she occupies the Oval Office.”

Secretary Clinton has made LGBT equality a pillar of her campaign and recently unveiled the most robust and ambitious LGBT plan any candidate for president has ever laid out. She has vowed to fight for the Equality Act.

Clinton also has a long record as a champion for LGBT rights both in the U.S. and, notably, around the globe. As Secretary of State, Clinton became the first in her position to robustly advocate for LGBT equality throughout the world, making a historic and forceful speech to the United Nations declaring that “gay rights are human rights.” In the Senate, she helped lead on bills to protect LGBT workers from employment discrimination, and had a strong record on key votes and legislation that mattered to LGBT Americans.