The nation’s eyes turn toward the Northeast today as five states hold their Democratic primaries: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
At present, Hillary Clinton is the front-runner after winning big in New York. However the northeastern primaries are closer to Vermont, the home turf of Bernie Sanders.
The Constitution Daily blog notes, “Unlike the Republicans, who use a complicated system of winner-take-all, winner-take-most, loophole and proportional primaries, the Democrats have a more straightforward system. Most Democratic primaries are proportional, where the candidates divvy up elected delegates based on their share of voting within a state or territory.”
At stake on Tuesday:
- Connecticut: 70 Democratic delegates, awarded proportionally
- Delaware: 31 Democratic delegates, winner takes all
- Maryland: 118 Democratic delegates, winner takes all
- Pennsylvania: 210 Democratic delegates, awarded proportionally
- Rhode Island: 33 Democratic delegates, awarded proportionally
Currently Clinton has 1,930 delegates, 453 short of threshold for the Democratic nomination. Sanders has 1,191.
According to a compilation poll by Real Clear Politics, Clinton is in the lead in Pennsylvania, which has the largest number of delegates available. She also leads in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maryland by a narrow (6 percent) margin. An NBC News-Marist poll released April 13 shows Clinton with nearly an 18-point lead over Sanders in Maryland, 58 to 36 percent.
Hillary urged Hispanics to get out the vote:
She also made sure she stayed relevant with feminists and minorities:
Sanders continued his message of social justice, including health care and fair wages:
Sanders is not projected to do well in Connecticut, which is a closed primary. Sanders has shown he fares poorly in closed primaries because they limit the number of political independents, a group he’s won a majority of in past contests.
Unlike the Republicans, the Democratic races have so-called “superdelegates” who are free to support any candidate for the nomination (in contrast to pledged delegates, who are selected by a state’s primary or caucus). Superdelegates can potentially swing the results to nominate a presidential candidate who did not receive the majority of votes during the primaries.
The Democrats are holding their convention in Philadelphia on July 25-28. Constitution Daily blog notes the winner “will need 2,383 delegates to secure the nomination. Clinton has 1,266 elected or pledged delegates, compared with 1,038 for Sanders. However, Clinton’s estimated advantage in unpledged delegates is 471-31, giving Clinton an almost 700-delegate lead heading into April.”
Tuesday’s primary results will be recorded below as they come in.
Connecticut primary
(Polls close at 8 p.m. ET)
With 0 percent reporting:
Clinton: 0 percent
Sanders: 0 percent
Delaware primary
(Polls close at 8 p.m. ET)
With 0 percent reporting:
Clinton: 0 percent
Sanders: 0 percent
Maryland primary
(Polls close at 8 p.m. ET)
With 0 percent reporting:
Clinton: 0 percent
Sanders: 0 percent
Pennsylvania primary
(Polls close at 8 p.m. ET)
With 0 percent reporting:
Clinton: 0 percent
Sanders: 0 percent
Rhode Island primary
(Polls close at 8 p.m. ET)
With 0 percent reporting:
Clinton: 0 percent
Sanders: 0 percent
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