U.S. presidential election (21): the delegate count so far
Following all the excitement of Super Tuesday, where do the Democratic and Republican candidates for the presidential election now stand in terms of the actual number of delegates secured?
To win the Democratic nomination, 2,383 delegates are needed. Hillary Clinton now has 595 so she is 25% of the way there. Bernie Sanders has 405.
To win the Republican nomination, 1,237 delegates are needed. Donald Trump now has 319 so he is 26% of the way there. Ted Cruz has 226, Marco Rubio has 110, and John Kasich has 25.
It is looking increasingly likely that the presidential contest will be between Clinton and Trump. Seems like a ‘no brainer’ to me, but these are strange times in politics.