A Confident Hillary Clinton Expects To Have The Delegates Needed To Win The Nomination

Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 01:58 pm

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Hillary Clinton expressed confidence that she will have the delegates needed, and that there will not be a contested Democratic convention in Philadelphia.

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Transcript via CNN’s State Of The Union:

TAPPER: Weaver also told an ABC podcast that there will — quote — “certainly be a contested convention” if neither of you gets the magic number with pledged delegates.

Do you think it would be a mistake for Senator Sanders to contest the nomination at the convention if you’re leading in the popular vote and leading in pledged delegates after the California primary?

H. CLINTON: Well, I think that we should look at where we are.

Right now, I am leading him with about 2.5 million votes in the popular vote. I’m leading him in pledged delegates with a larger margin than then-Senator Obama ever had over me. I feel good about the upcoming contests, and I expect to be the nominee.

And I will hope to have a unified Democratic Party, so that we can turn our attention to the Republican nominee. Either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz would be a terrible choice for America. So, we need to run a unified Democratic Party campaign to bring as many people on our side as possible.

And I have been putting together a broad, inclusive coalition, and I think I will be able to continue to do that.

TAPPER: Are you preparing for the scenario where you — where neither of you enter the convention with the exact number of pledged delegates you need, and there might be something of a floor fight or a contested convention? Are you getting ready for that just in case?

H. CLINTON: No, I intend to have the number of delegates that are required to be nominated.

The Sanders campaign is looking for a rationale and a path to victory in the face of a primary calendar and delegate math that is not working in their favor. Unless Bernie Sanders can overtake Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates, the superdelegates are not going to flip to Bernie Sanders. It is likely that former Sec. of State Clinton will reach the number of total delegates needed to clinch the nomination.

If Clinton leads Sanders in both the popular vote and pledged delegates, Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee. Should Clinton win both New York and Pennsylvania, it will pretty much make it impossible for Bernie Sanders to have any path to the nomination. Hillary Clinton is firmly in control of her own destiny.

It is extremely unlikely that the Democratic Party will have anything close to a contested convention.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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