I noticed this morning that the delegate totals had been updated over at RealClearPolitics.
So, here’s where things stand this morning:
Republicans:
- John McCain — 720 delegates
- Mitt Romney — 279 delegates
- Mike Huckabee — 194 delegates
- Ron Paul — 14 delegates
If I’m doing the math right, this means that there are 1,175 delegates yet to be chosen. McCain needs to win 471 of them, or 40%, to clinch the nomination. Romney, on the other hand, would need to win more than 3/4 of the delegates yet to be chosen —- and that just isn’t going to happen.
Democrats
- Hillary Clinton — 1,079 delegates (including 211 superdelegates)
- Barack Obama — 979 delegates (including 128 superdelegates)
Without the superdelegates, the totals look like this:
- Hillary Clinton — 868 delegates
- Barack Obama — 851 delegates
And then there’s those disputed delegates from Florida and Michigan.
This is going to be fun to watch.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am
They must still be counting because according to Politico, Obama should get about 840 from Super Tuesday and Clinton 830. Including IA, NH, NV and SC, I count Obama = 903 and Clinton = 878 without superdelegates.
April 19th, 2008 at 7:48 am
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